Two strong images.
On January 17, Alexeï Navalny was arrested at the Moscow airport of Cheremetyevo, after five months spent in Germany, and imprisoned.
Jostling, swarms of smartphones and the opponent kissing his wife, Yulia, before being taken away.
The doors of Matrosskaya Tichina (Sailor's Silence) prison have been closed on him, perhaps for a long time.
Second image, on January 23, tens of thousands of people marched in the streets of a hundred cities in Russia, a rare phenomenon on this scale.
That day, Navalny is not present, and for good reason.
Protesters demand his release.
They also chant the slogan that made him known as a champion in the fight against corruption - “Putin, thief”.
On the one hand, the courageous man, the inflexible provocateur, came to throw himself into the mouth of the wolf.
On the other hand, the symbol of the protest against the head of the Kremlin, but whose political positioning and vision are not always
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