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‘I Called My Murderer’: Putin Antagonist Navalny Prank Calls FSB, Exposes Plot To Kill Him

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gestures during his trial at a Moscow courthouse on August 27, 2018. (Photo by VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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December 21, 2020 5:59 p.m.

Not many people can claim that they’ve interviewed their own would-be murderer.

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