Alexey Navalny says he will return to Russia on Sunday

Alexey Navalny announced he plans to return to Russia on Sunday from Germany. Navalny has been there recovering after being poisoned. ’On January 17, Sunday, I will return home on Pobeda airline flight. Meet me,’ Navalny tweeted. On Monday, Russian prison authorities sent an official request to a court asking to replace Navalny’s suspended sentence in a years-old case with a real jail term.

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