Navalny Headquarters

Navalny Headquarters
Штабы Навального
LeaderVacant
ChairmanLeonid Volkov
FounderAlexei Navalny
Founded4 February 2017 (2017-02-04)
4 October 2022 (2022-10-04)
Dissolved26 April 2021 (2021-04-26)
Succeeded bySmart Voting initiative
Membership (2017)199,836
IdeologyLiberal democracy
Anti-corruption
Anti-Putinism
Political positionCentre
Colours  Blue
  Red
Election symbol
Website
shtab.navalny.com

The Navalny Headquarters (Russian: Штабы Навального, romanizedShtaby Naval'nogo) is a Russian underground organization (since 2022) and former network of regional organizations (in 2017–2021) founded by opposition leader Alexei Navalny as part of the 2017 presidential campaign. It lasted until April 2021, when the liquidation of the headquarters was announced in connection with the demand of the Moscow prosecutor's office to recognize the public movement "Navalny Headquarters" as an extremist organization.[1] It was re-established in October 2022.[2]

At the peak of Navalny's presidential campaign, 81 headquarters operated in the regions of Russia, including 11 "people's" ones — opened on the initiative of local residents on their own.[3][4] After the 2018 presidential election, headquarters continued to work in 45 main regions, their profile changed to a regional politicianу.[5]

  1. ^ "Штабы Навального согласились с ликвидацией / Политика / Независимая газета". www.ng.ru. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Команда Навального объявила о возобновлении работы штабов его сторонников" [Navalny's team announced the resumption of the work of the headquarters of his supporters] (in Russian). 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Кампания Навального 2018. Как это было". Пора выбирать — Алексей Навальный (in Russian). Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Народные штабы". Леонид Волков. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Сторонники Алексея Навального собрались в "Россию будущего"". www.kommersant.ru (in Russian). 20 May 2018. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.