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Алексей Навальный | ||||||||||
.jpg) Navalny in 2017 | ||||||||||
| Chairman 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 | |||||||||
| Member of the Russian Opposition Coordination Council | ||||||||||
| In office 22 October 2012 – 19 October 2013 | ||||||||||
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| Born | 4 June 1976 Butyn, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||
| Died | 16 February 2024 (aged 47) Kharp, Yamalia, Russia | |||||||||
| Resting place | Borisovskoye Cemetery | |||||||||
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| Children | 2 | |||||||||
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| Known for | Anti-corruption activism | |||||||||
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| Website | navalny | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 6.46 million[1] (5 August 2024) | |||||||||
| Total views | 1.58 billion[1] (5 August 2024) | |||||||||
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Alexei Anatolyevich Navalny[c][d] (Russian: Алексей Анатольевич Навальный, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ nɐˈvalʲnɨj]; 4 June 1976 – 16 February 2024) was a Russian opposition leader,[2][3] anti-corruption activist and political prisoner.[4] He founded the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) in 2011. He was recognised by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience and was awarded the Sakharov Prize for his work on human rights.
Through his social media accounts, Navalny and his team published material about corruption in Russia, organised political demonstrations and promoted his campaigns. In a 2011 interview, he described Russia's ruling party—United Russia—as a "party of crooks and thieves", which became a popular byname. Navalny and the FBK have published investigations detailing alleged corruption by high-ranking Russian officials and their associates.
Navalny twice received a suspended sentence for embezzlement, in 2013 and 2014. Both criminal cases have been widely considered politically motivated and intended to bar him from running in future elections. He ran in the 2013 Moscow mayoral election and came in second with 27.2% of the vote,[5] but was barred from running in the 2018 presidential election.[6]
In August 2020, Navalny was hospitalised after being severely poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent. He was medically evacuated to Berlin and discharged a month later. He accused President Vladimir Putin of being responsible for his poisoning, and an investigation implicated agents from the Federal Security Service. In January 2021, Navalny returned to Russia and was immediately detained on accusations of violating parole conditions while hospitalised in Germany. Following his arrest, mass protests were held across Russia.[7] The next month, Navalny's suspended sentence was replaced with a prison sentence of over 2+1⁄2 years' detention, and his organisations were later designated as extremist and liquidated. In March 2022, Navalny was sentenced to an additional nine years in prison after being found guilty of embezzlement and contempt of court in a new trial described as a sham by Amnesty International.[8][9] Following the rejection of his appeal, Navalny was transferred to a high-security prison in June.[10] In August 2023, he received another sentence of 19 years on extremism charges.[11]
In December 2023, Navalny went missing from prison for almost three weeks. He re-emerged in an Arctic Circle corrective colony in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.[12][13] In 2024, the Russian prison service reported that Navalny had died,[14][15] which subsequently sparked protests in both Russia and various other countries. Accusations against Putin's government in connection with his death have been made by many Western governments and international organisations.
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- ^ "Alexei Navalny, Russia's most vociferous Putin critic". BBC News. 16 February 2024. Archived from the original on 17 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
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- Путин объяснил, почему не называет Навального по имени [Putin explained why he does not call Navalny by name]. RTVI (in Russian). 7 August 2017. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- "Why won't Putin speak Navalny's name? He just doesn't like the guy". Meduza. 15 December 2017. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- Baranovskaya, Marina (15 January 2018). Немецкие эксперты о том, почему имя Навального – табу для Путина [German experts on why Navalny's name is taboo for Putin] (in Russian). Deutsche Welle. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- Pain, Emil; Fedyunin, Sergey (2019). Популизм и элитизм в современной России: анализ взаимосвязи [Populism and elitism in modern Russia: an analysis of the relationship]. Polis. Political Studies (1): 41. doi:10.17976/jpps/2019.01.04. ISSN 0321-2017. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- "Russia's Navalny in direct confrontation with Putin". Oxford Analytica. Emerald Expert Briefings. oxan–es. 1 January 2020. doi:10.1108/OXAN-ES256612. ISSN 2633-304X. S2CID 240646767.
- Walker, Shaun (3 September 2020). "'This gentleman': Alexei Navalny, the name Putin dares not speak". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- Roache, Madeline (18 January 2021). "'His Fight Is in Russia.' Why Navalny Flew Home Straight into Putin's Clutches". Time. Archived from the original on 15 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- Ward, Alex (29 January 2021). "Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader threatening Putin's rule, explained". Vox. Archived from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ "Putin ally Sergei Sobyanin wins Moscow mayor election". BBC News. BBC. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
His main rival, opposition leader Alexei Navalny, polled 27.2%.
- ^ "Putin critic Alexei Navalny barred from running in 2018 Russian election". Sky News. 25 December 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
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- ^ Faulconbridge, Guy (14 June 2022). "Russian opposition leader Navalny moved to high-security penal colony". Reuters. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ "Alexei Navalny: Russian opposition leader handed further 19 year jail term". BBC News. 4 August 2023. Archived from the original on 4 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ Trevelyan, Mark (11 December 2023). "Navalny aides says he has disappeared within Russia's prison system". Reuters. Archived from the original on 12 December 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ "Алексея Навального доставили в ИК-3 в Ямало-Ненецком автономном округе. С ним не было связи почти три недели". Meduza (in Russian). Archived from the original on 25 December 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ Sullivan, Helen; Roth, Andrew (16 February 2024). "Russian activist and Putin critic Alexei Navalny dies in prison". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Адвокат Навального сообщил о последнем визите к нему" [Navalny's lawyer announced his last visit to him]. РБК (in Russian). 16 February 2024. Archived from the original on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.