Alexei Navalny

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Alexei Navalny
Алексей Навальный
Navalny in 2011
Leader of Russia of the Future [a]
In office
28 March 2019 ? 17 January 2021 [b]
Deputy Leonid Volkov
Preceded by Ivan Zhdanov
Succeeded by Leonid Volkov (acting)
In office
17 November 2013 ? 19 May 2018
Preceded by Office established
Succeeded by Ivan Zhdanov
Chairman of the Session of the Russian Opposition Coordination Council
In office
27 October ? 24 November 2012
Preceded by Office established
Succeeded by Garry Kasparov
Member of the Russian Opposition Coordination Council
In office
22 October 2012 ? 19 October 2013
Freelance Advisor to the Governor of Kirov Oblast
In office
4 May ? 11 September 2009
Governor Nikita Belykh
Chief of Staff of the Yabloko Moscow Regional Branch
In office
12 April 2004 ? 22 February 2007
Personal details
Born ( 1976-06-04 ) 4 June 1976
Butyn , Odintsovsky District , Moscow Oblast , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union [1]
Died 16 February 2024 (2024-02-16) (aged 47)
FKU IK-3 , Kharp , Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug , Russia
Nationality Russian
Political party
Other political
affiliations
Spouse(s)
Yulia Abrosimova ( m.  2000)
Children 2 [2]
Residence Moscow
Education
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • politician
  • activist
  • blogger
Known for Anti-corruption activism
Awards
Signature
Website navalny .com Edit this at Wikidata, NavalnyLiveChannel
YouTube information
Channel
Subscribers 6.21 million [3]
(16 February 2024)
Total views 1.49 billion [3]
(16 February 2024)
Alexei Navalny's voice (in Russian)
recorded August 2013

Alexei Anatolievich Navalny ( рус . Алексей Анатольевич Навальный) (4 June 1976 – 16 February 2024) was a Russian lawyer, politician, and activist . He was a known critic of President Vladimir Putin . [4]

Early life [ change | change source ]

Navalny was born in Butyn to a Ukrainian father and Russian mother. In 1993 he started his law degree at Peoples’ Friendship University, in Moscow. In 1998 he graduated. [5] In 2000, Navalny joined the Russian United Democratic Party , "Yabloko".

Career [ change | change source ]

He became known through his LiveJournal blog . In 2012, The Wall Street Journal described him as "the man Vladimir Putin fears most." [6] In September 2013 Navalny came second in the Moscow mayoral election . Navalny is a Russian Opposition Coordination Council member. He is a Yale World Fellow. 60 Minutes called Navalny ‘’the man trying to beat Putin’ in a program aired in December 2017. [7]

He was a candidate for President of Russia in the 2018 election . He ran against President Vladimir Putin .

In January 2021, he published his investigation about Putin's palace. Because of it, rallies of Navalny's supporters had been started. [8]

Personal life [ change | change source ]

Navalny was poisoned by Putin on August 2020. [9] [10] [11] After this incident and being in the hospital, Navalny went to prison on political ground .

He had two children and a wife. He met his wife after a vacation in Turkey in 1999. [12] [13]

2020 poisoning and arrest [ change | change source ]

On 20 August 2020, Navalny was poisoned during a flight from Tomsk , Siberia to Moscow and was hospitalized in Omsk . He was soon in a coma , on a ventilator. [14] [15] [16] On 7 September 2020, he woke up from the coma, [17] and on 14 September, he was taken off the ventilator. He was released on 22 September. [18]

On 17 January 2021, he went back to Russia, where he was arrested for going against terms of a suspended jail sentence . [19]

On 4 August 2023, Navalny was given an increased sentence of 19 years in prison for extremism charges. [20]

Death [ change | change source ]

On 16 February 2024, the Russian prison service announced that Navalny had died in prison in Yamalo-Nenets , after taking a walk and feeling unwell in the morning. [21] [22]

The church ceremony before his burial, in Moscow, has started (as of March 1, 2024). [23]

Awards [ change | change source ]

Notes [ change | change source ]

  1. ↑ Previously known as the People's Alliance (2012?2014) and the Progress Party (2014?2018)
  2. ↑ Arrested and subsequently imprisoned

Other websites [ change | change source ]

References [ change | change source ]

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  1. ↑ Aden, Mareike (5 September 2013). "Alexej Nawalny: Der dunkle Star" [Alexei Navalny: The Dark Star]. Die Zeit Online (in German). Archived from the original on 15 August 2023 . Retrieved 26 October 2020 .
  2. ↑ "Alexei Navalny: Russia's vociferous Putin critic" . BBC News . 21 April 2021. Archived from the original on 11 October 2023 . Retrieved 3 October 2021 .
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "About Алексей Навальный" . YouTube .
  4. ↑ "Who is Alexei Navalny: Tech-savvy anti-corruption fighter and thorn in Putin's side" . Sky News . Retrieved 2020-08-20 .
  5. ↑ Ioffe, Julia. "Net Impact" . The New Yorker . Retrieved 2020-08-20 .
  6. ↑ Kaminski, Matthew (2012-03-03). "The Man Vladimir Putin Fears Most" . Wall Street Journal . ISSN   0099-9660 . Archived from the original on 2015-01-02 . Retrieved 2020-08-20 .
  7. ↑ "The man trying to beat Putin" . www.cbsnews.com .
  8. ↑ "How village near Putin's palace feels about Alexey Navalny" . www.news.sky.com .
  9. ↑ Sauer, Pjotr (2024-02-16). "Chemical burns, poisoning and prison: the persecution of Alexei Navalny" . The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-02-19 .
  10. ↑ "Alexei Navalny, Putin Critic Who Died Today, Survived Poison Attack In 2020" . NDTV.com . Retrieved 2024-02-19 .
  11. ↑ Tbilisi, U. S. Embassy (2022-04-18). "Putin's poisons: 2020 attack on Aleksey Navalny?" . U.S. Embassy in Georgia . Retrieved 2024-02-19 .
  12. ↑ "Alexei Navalny: Russia's vociferous Putin critic" . 15 March 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  13. ↑ "Alexei Navalny was poisoned one year ago. His fate tells us a lot about Putin's Russia" . 20 August 2021 – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  14. ↑ DeMarche, Edmund (20 August 2020). "Alexei Navalny, a top Putin foe, allegedly poisoned: reports" . Fox News . Retrieved 20 August 2020 .
  15. ↑ "Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in intensive care after airport tea 'poisoning' " . Telegraph Media Group Limited. 20 August 2020.
  16. ↑ "Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny 'poisoned' " . BBC News . 20 August 2020.
  17. ↑ "Russia's Navalny out of coma after poisoning" . BBC News . 2020-09-07 . Retrieved 2020-09-07 .
  18. ↑ "Navalny Taken Off Ventilator as Novichok Recovery Continues ? German Hospital" . The Moscow Times . 14 September 2020.
  19. ↑ "Russia Navalny: Poisoned opposition leader held after flying home" . BBC News. 2021-01-17 . Retrieved 2021-01-17 .
  20. ↑ Roth, Andrew; correspondent, Andrew Roth Moscow (2023-08-04). "Russian court sentences Alexei Navalny to further 19 years in prison" . The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-02-27 .
  21. ↑ "Russian opposition leader Navalny has died, prison service says" . BBC . Retrieved 16 February 2024 .
  22. ↑ "Russia-Ukraine war live: Alexei Navalny dies in prison after morning walk, says Russian prison service" . Guardian . Retrieved 16 February 2024 .
  23. ↑ https://www.nrk.no/norge/navalnyj-skal-begraves-_-flere-tusen-personer-har-mott-opp-utenfor-kirken-1.16785250
  24. ↑ "Alexej Nawalny bekommt Menschenrechtspreis der EU" (in German). Der Spiegel . 2021-10-20. ISSN   2195-1349 . Archived from the original on 2021-10-20 . Retrieved 2021-10-20 .
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