Alexis is a research associate in the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is escorted out of a police station on Jan. 18 in Khimki, outside Moscow, following a court ruling that ordered him jailed for 30 days. ALEXANDER NEMENOV / Contributor / Getty Images
Key Takeaways
Alexei Navalny returned to Russia from Germany on Jan. 17 and was arrested at the airport upon arrival.
Navalny tried to run for Russian president in 2018, but was barred from doing so because of a conviction on an alleged embezzlement charge.
A better future for Russia still might be far off, but Navalny embodies the hope for it, for Russian citizens, and for countries worldwide.
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