In bizarre attack, Russian opposition leader Navalny is doused in green liquid

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny was doused in bright green antiseptic by an unknown assailant Monday on a campaign trip to Siberia, and quickly sought to make the best of it on his blog.

Navalny, speaking on his video blog from the Siberian city of Barnaul, said his colleagues likened him to the film characters Shrek, the Hulk and the lead character from the movie The Mask, among others.

“Maybe they thought in the Kremlin that I wouldn’t record videos if I have a green face. But I certainly will, as even more people will see me!” he said.

Navalny is traveling around Russia opening campaign headquarters and campaigning to run in Russia’s 2018 presidential election. A criminal conviction for fraud officially bars him from running, but he has called the charges politically motivated and vowed to appeal them.

President Vladimir Putin is widely expected to easily win another six-year term in the vote.