A couplewasreturningfrom a fivemonthstayinGermany, whereNavalny, oneofRussianPresidentVladimirPutin's mostoutspokendomesticcritics, hadbeenrecoveringafterhehadbeenpoisonedwithwhatGermantestshowedwasthedeadlyNa'vichalknerveagent.
A daylater, Moscow's prisonservicesaidhewoulddoeverythingtoarresthimoncehereturned, accusinghimoffloutingthetermsof a suspendedprisonsentenceforembezzlement.
Navalny's playingfromBerlinwasdivertedto a differentMoscowairportatthelastminuteinanapparenteffortbyauthoritiestokeepjournalistsandsupportersfromgreetinghim.