Russian town of novels he beares he became popular for uncovering corruption and mismanagement and for his videos exposing the luxurious homes of politicians loyal to the government hes regarded as the leader of the opposition. Now vali has been a thorn in the side of russian president Vladimir Putin for a long time the kremlin has tried to stop now with exclusion from elections prosecution and even jail time but all the efforts have failed so far russians who openly criticized putin are aware of how dangerous it is especially for the leaders of protests and opposition our moscow correspondents met up with some of them. Piotr theres the love knows all too well what it means to enjoy life one day at a time ever since he was poisoned in moscow in 2018 much like opposition activist aleksei never any in august this year unlike now though he showed no signs of the nerve agent not each shark. Always that aboard the ship with 3 of the g. My poisoning was weaker my recovery went faster. By the