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]
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".
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]
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]
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]
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]
- ↑
Previously known as the People's Alliance (2012?2014) and the Progress Party (2014?2018)
- ↑
Arrested and subsequently imprisoned
- ↑
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
.
- ↑
"Alexei Navalny: Russia's vociferous Putin critic"
.
BBC News
. 21 April 2021.
Archived
from the original on 11 October 2023
. Retrieved
3 October
2021
.
- ↑
3.0
3.1
"About Алексей Навальный"
.
YouTube
.
- ↑
"Who is Alexei Navalny: Tech-savvy anti-corruption fighter and thorn in Putin's side"
.
Sky News
. Retrieved
2020-08-20
.
- ↑
Ioffe, Julia.
"Net Impact"
.
The New Yorker
. Retrieved
2020-08-20
.
- ↑
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
.
- ↑
"The man trying to beat Putin"
.
www.cbsnews.com
.
- ↑
"How village near Putin's palace feels about Alexey Navalny"
.
www.news.sky.com
.
- ↑
Sauer, Pjotr (2024-02-16).
"Chemical burns, poisoning and prison: the persecution of Alexei Navalny"
.
The Guardian
.
ISSN
0261-3077
. Retrieved
2024-02-19
.
- ↑
"Alexei Navalny, Putin Critic Who Died Today, Survived Poison Attack In 2020"
.
NDTV.com
. Retrieved
2024-02-19
.
- ↑
Tbilisi, U. S. Embassy (2022-04-18).
"Putin's poisons: 2020 attack on Aleksey Navalny?"
.
U.S. Embassy in Georgia
. Retrieved
2024-02-19
.
- ↑
"Alexei Navalny: Russia's vociferous Putin critic"
. 15 March 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ↑
"Alexei Navalny was poisoned one year ago. His fate tells us a lot about Putin's Russia"
. 20 August 2021 – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- ↑
DeMarche, Edmund (20 August 2020).
"Alexei Navalny, a top Putin foe, allegedly poisoned: reports"
.
Fox News
. Retrieved
20 August
2020
.
- ↑
"Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in intensive care after airport tea 'poisoning'
"
. Telegraph Media Group Limited. 20 August 2020.
- ↑
"Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny 'poisoned'
"
.
BBC News
. 20 August 2020.
- ↑
"Russia's Navalny out of coma after poisoning"
.
BBC News
. 2020-09-07
. Retrieved
2020-09-07
.
- ↑
"Navalny Taken Off Ventilator as Novichok Recovery Continues ? German Hospital"
.
The Moscow Times
. 14 September 2020.
- ↑
"Russia Navalny: Poisoned opposition leader held after flying home"
. BBC News. 2021-01-17
. Retrieved
2021-01-17
.
- ↑
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
.
- ↑
"Russian opposition leader Navalny has died, prison service says"
.
BBC
. Retrieved
16 February
2024
.
- ↑
"Russia-Ukraine war live: Alexei Navalny dies in prison after morning walk, says Russian prison service"
.
Guardian
. Retrieved
16 February
2024
.
- ↑
https://www.nrk.no/norge/navalnyj-skal-begraves-_-flere-tusen-personer-har-mott-opp-utenfor-kirken-1.16785250
- ↑
"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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