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Alexei Navalny

Russian jurist and opposition leader (1976–2024)

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]

Alexei Navalny
Алексей Навальный
Navalny in 2011
Leader of Russia of the Future[a]
In office
28 March 2019 – 17 January 2021[b]
DeputyLeonid Volkov
Preceded byIvan Zhdanov
Succeeded byLeonid Volkov (acting)
In office
17 November 2013 – 19 May 2018
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byIvan Zhdanov
Chairman of the Session of the Russian Opposition Coordination Council
In office
27 October – 24 November 2012
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byGarry 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
GovernorNikita 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]
Died16 February 2024(2024-02-16) (aged 47)
FKU IK-3, Kharp, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia
NationalityRussian
Political party
Other political
affiliations
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2000)​
Children2[2]
ResidenceMoscow
Education
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • politician
  • activist
  • blogger
Known forAnti-corruption activism
Awards
Signature
Websitenavalny.com Edit this at Wikidata, NavalnyLiveChannel
YouTube information
Channel
Subscribers6.21 million[3]
(16 February 2024)
Total views1.49 billion[3]
(16 February 2024)
Alexei Navalny's voice (in Russian)
recorded August 2013

Early life

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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]

Awards

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Notes

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

Other websites

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References

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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. {{cite news}}: |last2= has generic name (help)
  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. ↑ "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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