ИА «Ореанда-Новости». Opposition leader Alexei Navalny was put on the federal wanted list in Russia. This was announced on Wednesday, January 13, by the telegram-channel Mash, publishing a resolution of the Federal Penitentiary Service on the announcement of the search on December 29, 2020, which says that politician «evades control».

His lawyer Vadim Kobzev said, that his return to the homeland could be the reason for the arrest. At the end of November, «initial search actions» were carried out against Navalny, during which it was not possible to establish Navalny's whereabouts, the Federal Penitentiary Service reports. We are talking about the criminal case «Yves Rocher», in which the politician was sentenced to 3.5 years of probation.

Kobzev said, that Navalny knows about risks, but he won't change his mind anyway. Earlier, the politician spoke about his desire to return to Russia by flight of the company «Pobeda» (can be translated as «Victory»). His flight arrives in Moscow on Sunday, January 17. Navalny urged his supporters to meet him at the airport.

Russian opposition leader was taken to the hospital on August 20 in Omsk after he felt sick during the flight from Tomsk. The politician says that the symptoms are similar to those that appear in poisoning. Russian doctors named the main diagnosis as metabolic disorder, which caused a sharp change in blood sugar. After that he flew to Germany, where he was examined by local doctors and underwent a rehabilitation course. European scientists claim that they found traces of poisoning in the body of the politician.