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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and guests about politics.

It's Thursday, January 28th.

I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker.

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Over the past decade, the Russian anti-corruption activist, Alexei Navalny,

has become one of the most influential opponents to President Vladimir Putin in Russia. Last August, Navalny was poisoned with a previously

unknown version of the nerve agent Novichok, and he spent five months recovering in Berlin.

He has accused Putin of orchestrating the attack, and several international authorities have

concluded that Putin's government was involved.

Last week, Navalny returned to Moscow, and as expected, he was detained on his arrival

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