A Putin Opponent Is Doused in Green. He Makes It Work.
Even my teeth are green!" Mr. Navalny, a charismatic critic of President Vladimir V. Putin, was a major driver of large street protests in 2011, 2012
and 2013, and has irked the Kremlin by shining a light on corruption.
On Monday there was a new green man — albeit one of a decidedly different political hue — the opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who
was doused with a bright green liquid in the Siberian city of Barnaul by an unknown assailant who had pretended to shake his hand.
#ЗеленыйНавальный pic.twitter.com/7mWTAyWUCb Undeterred after the latest incident, Mr. Navalny suggested
that his new look would help him stand out at rallies.
" he wrote on Facebook. that This strange assumption of the Kremlin: to pour brilliant green on me so
that I don’t travel around the country and call rallies,
Barnaul and Biysk volunteers (where we are opening two campaign headquarters these days) will get the most stylish selfies ever,
and I’ll be the star of any rally." He did, however, seem more concerned about his new green teeth.
Mr. Navalny wrote on his Facebook page that he initially feared an acid attack after feeling a burning sensation.
