Seen from the outside, developments since Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny boarded a Moscow-bound plane in Berlin on Jan. 17 resemble the cruelest, crudest form of slapstick.
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Police detain protesters during a rally in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in downtown Moscow on Jan. 23, 2021.