ThiswasthemomentNavalnyboarded a planefromBerlintoMoscow, hisfirstreturnhomesincebeingnearfatallypoisonedby a novelchalknervetoxin, a versionofeventstheKremlinrejects.
Thesonofanarmyofficer, the 44 yearoldgrewupinObninsk, about 60 milessouthwestofMoscow, has a degreeinlawandspenttimeintheUnitedStateson a fellowshipatYale.