Alexei Navalny

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Alexei Navalny

Alexei Anatolievich Navalny (born 4 June 1976) is a Russian lawyer, politician, and activist. He is a known critic of President Vladimir Putin.[1]

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.[2] 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."[3] 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.[4]

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

Personal life[change | change source]

Navalny lives in Moscow with his wife and two children.[5]

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.[6][7][8] On 7 September 2020, he woke up from the coma,[9] and on 14 September, he was taken off the ventilator. He was released on 22 September.[10]

On 17 January 2021, he went back to Russia, where he was arrested for going against terms of a suspended jail sentence.[11]

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "Who is Alexei Navalny: Tech-savvy anti-corruption fighter and thorn in Putin's side". Sky News. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  2. ↑ Ioffe, Julia. "Net Impact". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "The man trying to beat Putin". www.cbsnews.com.
  5. ↑ "Alexei Navalny: Russia's vociferous Putin critic". 15 March 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. ↑ DeMarche, Edmund (20 August 2020). "Alexei Navalny, a top Putin foe, allegedly poisoned: reports". Fox News. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in intensive care after airport tea 'poisoning'". Telegraph Media Group Limited. 20 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny 'poisoned'". BBC News. 20 August 2020.
  9. ↑ "Russia's Navalny out of coma after poisoning". BBC News. 2020-09-07. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  10. ↑ "Navalny Taken Off Ventilator as Novichok Recovery Continues – German Hospital". The Moscow Times. 14 September 2020.
  11. ↑ "Russia Navalny: Poisoned opposition leader held after flying home". BBC News. 2021-01-17. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
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