So Alexei Navalny is back in Russia, and back in jail.
But he is far from silent. In fact, if Vladimir Putin has decided to take the gloves off with Navalny, the wily opposition leader and anti-corruption crusader appears to be returning the favor.
Just days after being arrested upon arrival, Navalny’s supporters released an entertaining two-hour video he produced accusing Putin of using fraudulently obtained funds to build an opulent billion-dollar estate on the Black Sea coast.
The video garnered nearly 60 million views and counting, including one million in the first hour it was posted to YouTube.
The latest chapter in Navalny’s battle against the Putin regime is underway.
So what happens next?
The Power Vertical Podcast is produced by The University of Texas at Arlington’s Charles T. McDowell Center for Global Studies and the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center.
