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The Kremlin May Have Inadvertently Crowned Navalny As The Undisputed Leader Of The Opposition
January 29, 2021 | By Amiel Ungar and Anatoly Strandberg
Introduction
Alexey Navalny, the opposition leader and anti-corruption fighter returned to Russia on January 17, 2021 from Germany, where he had recovered from the near fatal attempt to poison him. He was immediately arrested at Moscow s Sheremetyevo airport to which his plane had been diverted in order to discourage press coverage of his return and arrest. His arraignment took place in a police station rather than in a regular court and there were other irregularities in the proceedings.
[1] Navalny and his supporters had two counterstrokes. Navalny s anti-corruption foundation posted on YouTube an expose of Putin s billion-dollar Black Sea palace complete with an $800 toilet brush and a $1250 toilet paper holder.
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On Wednesday, Rosselkhoznadzor [Russia s agricultural products watchdog] imposed a ban on the import of tomatoes, apples and peppers to Russia from Azerbaijan, Armenia and Uzbekistan. Two days earlier, a similar ban was imposed on Turkish tomatoes and peppers. As for the goods from Uzbekistan, they were probably also banned by association . The sanctions against tomatoes and apples from Azerbaijan, Turkey, and especially from the allied to Russia Armenia raise questions. Officially, the agency explains this step by [claiming] that the fruits and vegetables from these countries are infected with pests. However, judging on the basis of long-term experience in Russia s relations with its closest neighbors, we know that the sanitary- epidemiological justification, as a rule, is only one of the reasons for the introduction of such measures.