It was reported yesterday that anti-corruption blogger and serial Kremlin-irker Alexei Navalny has been elected to the board of Russia’s flagship airline, Aeroflot.  Around 15% of Aeroflot is owned by liberal-minded businessman Alexander Lebedev, who has made no secret of his support for Navalny’s work.  As a board member, Navalny will have an opportunity to attempt to increase transparency and corporate governance, two of the aims he sought to achieve by his graft-fighting site Rospil.info.  The FT’s Beyond Brics blog considers why the state, which owns 51% of the airline, did not oppose his nomination: