On January 17, 2021, Alexei Navalny returned to Russia from Germany after undergoing treatment and recovering from poisoning. His plane was supposed to land at Vnukovo Airport, where supporters and journalists were waiting for him, but at the last moment the flight was diverted to Sheremetyevo Airport; Navalny was detained there at passport control. This gallery captures one of the pivotal days of his life: he returned to the country where someone had tried to kill him and immediately found himself in the hands of the same authorities he had been fighting against.
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