The posting was described by the Financial Times as Navalny's "answering shot" for having had his emails leaked during his arrest in the previous month. [188] He stated that authorities "are doing it to watch the reaction of the protest movement and of Western public opinion [...] So far they consider both of these things acceptable and so they are continuing along this line". 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[51] In 2001, he was listed as a member of the party. Navalny has been described as "the man Vladimir Putin fears most" by The Wall Street Journal. The last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev called it "proof that we do not have independent courts". [30], In March, while in prison, Navalny in a formal complaint accused authorities of torture by depriving him of sleep, where he is considered a flight risk by authorities. [103], Among the six candidates who were officially registered as such, only two (Sobyanin and Communist Ivan Melnikov) were able to collect the required number of the signatures themselves, and the other four were given a number of signatures by the Council of Municipal Formations, following a recommendation by Sobyanin,[104] to overcome the requirement (Navalny accepted 49 signatures, and other candidates accepted 70, 70, and 82). The candidates the party would appoint were to be chosen via primary elections; however, he added, the party's candidates may be removed from elections. [112] It achieved a high profile through an unprecedentedly large campaign organization that involved around 20,000 volunteers who passed out leaflets and hung banners, in addition to conducting several campaign rallies a day around the city;[113] they were the main driving force for the campaign. [85] An unnamed source of Izvestia in the ministry said registrations completed after the six-month term would not be taken into consideration, adding, "Yes, trials are taking place in some regions [...] they cannot register new branches in other regions during the trials, because the main term is over". United States Department of State Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf stated that the United States was "very disappointed by the conviction and sentencing of opposition leader Aleksey Navalniy". [62] On 24 December, he helped lead a demonstration, estimated at 50,000 people, which was much larger than the previous post-election demonstration. According to Russian news reports, police stated Navalny was likely to be charged with calling for unauthorized demonstrations. [382], In July 2020, Navalny voiced his support for the protests in Khabarovsk and other cities in the Russian Far East and Siberia. [citation needed], On 14 November 2014, the two remaining RPR-PARNAS co-chairmen, Boris Nemtsov and former Prime Minister of Russia Mikhail Kasyanov, declared it was the right moment to create a wide coalition of political forces, who favor the "European choice"; Navalny's Progress Party was seen as one of the potential participants. [361][362][359] His views about Russian nationalism evolved. The estate was first reported on in 2010 after the businessman Sergei Kolesnikov, who was involved in the project, gave details about it. [136] This sentence, if it came into force and remained valid, might prohibit the future official registration of Navalny as a candidate. Navalny is married to Yulia Navalnaya and has two children, daughter Daria, currently an undergraduate student at Stanford University, and son Zakhar. [222] On 7 October 2015, Alexei's lawyer announced the defendant willingly paid 2.9 million and requested an installment plan for the rest of the sum. She has a model-like figure and facial structure. (Levada Center was the only one not to have made any predictions; the data it had on 28 August, however, falls in line with other organizations. [64], In March 2012, after Putin was elected president, Navalny helped lead an anti-Putin rally in Moscow's Pushkinskaya Square, attended by between 14,000 and 20,000 people. From 2006 to 2007, he was a member of the Federal Council of the party. Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition leader, is the founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation in Moscow. Aleksej Navalnyj er en russisk jurist og opposisjonspolitiker, og regnes som en av lederne for den utenomparlamentariske opposisjonen i Russland. [106] However, on 18 July, he was sentenced to a five-year prison term for the embezzlement and fraud charges that were declared in 2012. [144], In September, Human Rights Watch accused Russian police of systematic interference with Navalny's presidential campaign. Navalny announced that he would pursue the annulment of the sentence that clearly contradicts the decision of ECHR. Likewise, Zakhar is currently studying in school. [136] Navalny announced that he will pursue the annulment of the sentence that clearly contradicts the decision of ECHR. According to Navalny, authorities prohibited some people from receiving TV coverage. Le principal opposant de Vladimir Poutine, Alexeï Navalny, a été empoisonné. "[235] Prigozhin was quoted by the press service of his catering company Concord Management and Consulting on 25 August 2020 as saying that he intended to enforce a court decision that required Navalny, his associate Lyubov Sobol and his Anti-Corruption Foundation to pay 88 million rubles in damages to the Moskovsky Shkolnik company over a video investigation. OVD-Info reported that 257 people were arrested throughout the country. [59][60] After a period of uncertainty for his supporters, Navalny appeared in court and was sentenced to the maximum 15 days "for defying a government official". [7][8] Through these channels, he publishes material about corruption in Russia, organizes political demonstrations and promotes his campaigns. In the second attack, the green-colored disinfectant had evidently been mixed with a caustic chemical, resulting in a chemical burn to his right eye. [271][272], A Moscow court on 2 February replaced Navalny's three and a half year suspended sentence with a prison sentence, minus the amount of time he spent under house arrest, meaning he would spend over two and half years in a corrective labour colony. [140][141] Navalny accused the Kremlin of orchestrating the attack. History of the biggest bribery", Putin's Palace. [203], Yves Rocher denied that they had any losses, as did the rest of the witnesses, except the Multiprofile Processing Company CEO Sergei Shustov, who said he had learned about his losses from an investigator and believed him, without making audits. [e] On 26 September, the party declared it had registered 43 regional branches. The next morning, the appeal was granted. Navalny's campaign was successful in fundraising: out of 103.4 million rubles (approximately $3.09 million as of the election day[rates 1]), the total size of his electoral fund, 97.3 million ($2.91 million) were transferred by individuals throughout Russia;[111] such an amount is unprecedented in Russia. [18] [340] Out of those who were able to recognize Navalny, 10% said that they have "respect" for him, 8% have sympathy and 15% "could not say anything bad" about him. Subsequently, Viktor Zolotov published a video message on 11 September challenging Navalny to a duel and promising to make "good, juicy mincemeat" of him. In 2002 werd hij verkozen als regionaal raadslid van de afdeling Moskou van Jabloko. [284][285][286][287] A few days later, a Moscow court rejected Navalny's appeal and upheld his prison sentence, however it reduced his sentence by six weeks after deciding to count his time under house arrest as part of his time served. "Nothing of the sort happened—he committed no robbery", Leonid Gozman, a former SPS official, was quoted as saying. [115] The campaign received very little television coverage and did not utilize billboards. – Le Monde diplomatique – English edition", "Is Aleksei Navalny a Liberal or a Nationalist? Both brothers and their lawyers claimed Alexei Navalny did not participate in the Glavpodpiska operations, and witnesses all stated they had never encountered Alexei Navalny in person before the trial.[203]. In December 2017, Russia's Central Electoral Commission barred Navalny from running for president in 2018, citing Navalny's corruption conviction. )[116] The final results of the voting showed Navalny received 27% of the vote, more than candidates appointed by the parties that received second, third, fourth, and fifth highest results during the 2011 parliamentary elections, altogether. [157][158] After the results were announced, he called them a "big lie" that did not reflect public opinion. – Democratic Alternative". Daria stands at a decent height and weight. [265] The following day, a court decision ordered the detention of Navalny until 15 February for violating his parole. [261], On 17 January 2021, Navalny returned to Russia by plane from Germany, arriving at Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow after the flight was diverted from Vnukovo Airport. 2008 In 2008, Navalny first became known to the general public when he published the proofs of embezzlement of funds by Russia's major state corporations. Also in 2004, he also became Deputy Chief of the Moscow branch of the party. [329] Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov stated on 12 September, "His momentary result cannot testify his political equipment and does not speak of him as of a serious politician". [162][163] In December, Navalny announced the launch of the RosPil project, which seeks to bring to light corrupt practices in the government procurement process. Alexei Navalny was born on 4 June 1976 (age 44 years; as in 2020) in Butyn in Moscow, Russia. He is married to Yulia Navalnaya and has two children, Daria (16) and Zakhar (10). [343] A variety of state officials condemned the verdict. According to the Platform's statement, "The Members of the Platform have voted this year for the Navalny brothers, in recognition of their personal courage, struggle and sacrifices for upholding fundamental democratic values and freedoms in the Russian Federation today. 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[243], Ivan Zhdanov, chief of Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, said that Navalny could have been poisoned because of one of the foundation's investigations. The case was launched in June 2020 after Navalny called those who took part in the video "corrupt lackeys" and "traitors". [390], In 2015, Alexei and Oleg Navalny were chosen to receive the "Prize of the Platform of European Memory and Conscience 2015". [69], On 26 June 2012, it was announced that Navalny's comrades would establish a new political party based on e-democracy; Navalny declared he did not plan to participate in this project at the moment. [248] On 17 September, Navalny's team said that traces of the nerve agent used to poison Navalny was detected on an empty water bottle from his hotel room in Tomsk, suggesting that he was possibly poisoned before leaving the hotel. [187], In April 2013, Loeb&Loeb LLP issued "An Analysis of the Russian Federation's prosecutions of Alexei Navalny", a paper detailing Investigative Committee accusations. [216], On 17 October 2017, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Navalny's conviction for fraud and money laundering "was based on an unforeseeable application of criminal law and that the proceedings were arbitrary and unfair." Approximate aircraft route of flight DP936 taken by Alexei Navalny, on 17 January 2021, showing its deviation. [342], The verdict in the case of Yves Rocher caused similar reactions. [9] In May 2011, the Russian government began a criminal investigation into Navalny, widely described in media as "revenge", and by Navalny himself as "a fabrication by the security services". [68] Soon afterwards, some of Navalny's personal emails were posted online by a pro-government blogger. In january, kremlin critic navalny was arrested upon his return to moscow after he spent months in germany recovering from a poisoning attack that he believes was. [356][357] He has participated in the annual "Russian march" from 2006, a parade uniting Russian nationalist groups of all stripes,[358][359][360] and was one of the co-organizers of the 2011 march. [389] In 2013, Navalny came in at No. Before that, he was arrested in Moscow for participating in protests and was sentenced to 30 days in jail for organizing illegal protests. According to Oleg Navalny's lawyer, Glavpodpiska did not just collect money, it controlled provision of means of transport, execution of orders, collected and expedited production to the carriers, and was responsible before clients for terms and quality of executing orders. [122], Following the mayoral election, Navalny was offered a position as the fourth co-chairman of RPR-PARNAS. [172], In August 2018, Navalny alleged that Viktor Zolotov stole at least US$29 million from procurement contracts for the National Guard of Russia. The Politician’s child is very private about her personal life. [6], Navalny has more than six million YouTube subscribers and more than two million Twitter followers. However, being a top politician’s daughter, she must be living a luxurious life. [38] While in prison, Navalny and human rights groups have accused Russian authorities of using torture against him,[39][40] and his health has significantly deteriorated. However, in one region, the coalition would declare some signatures and personal data have been altered by malevolent collectors;[128] signatures in the other regions have been rejected by regional election commissions. The Moscow police said that 500 people had been detained, but according to the human-rights group OVD-Info, 1,030 people were detained in Moscow alone, including Navalny himself. Navalny then challenged the decision in the Supreme Court of Russia, but the court ruled that the election results were legitimate. [41], Navalny is of Russian and Ukrainian descent. [118][119] Dmitri Abyzalov, leading expert of Center of Political Conjuncture, added low turnout figures provide a further sign of fairness of the election, because that shows they were not overestimated. [335], In a 2013 Levada Center poll, Navalny's recognition among the Russian population stood at 37%. ... 20 years of power would spoil anyone and make them crazy. [230][231][232], Navalny alleged that Russian billionaire and businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin was linked to a company called Moskovsky Shkolnik (Moscow schoolboy) that had supplied poor quality food to schools which had caused a dysentery outbreak. [214] Alexei Navalny was given 3½ years of suspended sentence, and Oleg Navalny was sentenced to 3½ years in prison and was arrested after the verdict was announced;[215] both had to pay a fine of 500,000 rubles and a compensation to the Multiprofile Processing Company (MPK) of over 4 million rubles. Navalny told lawyers that he is woken up eight times a night by guards announcing to a camera that he is in his prison cell. When asked if he would return Crimea to Ukraine if he became president, he said "Is Crimea some sort of sausage sandwich to be passed back and forth? Thanks to Navalny's strong campaign (and Sobyanin's weak one[113]), his result grew over time, weakening Sobyanin's, and in the end of the campaign, he declared the runoff election (to be conducted if none of the candidates receives at least 50% of votes) was "a hair's breadth away". [343][344] It was also criticized by novelist Boris Akunin,[344] and jailed Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who called it similar to the treatment of political opponents during the Soviet era. Navalny’s press secretary, Kira Yarmysh, had complained of being followed during the trip, calling the police surveillance “absolutely obvious” during a stopover in the city of Novosibirsk. [107] However, later that day, the prosecution office requested the accused should be freed on bail and released from travel restrictions, since the verdict had not yet taken legal effect, saying that the accused had previously followed the restrictions. [391], In June 2017, Navalny was included Time magazine's list of the World's 25 Most Influential People on the Internet. The name RosPil is a pun on the slang term "raspil" (wikt:ru:распил) (literally "sawing"),[165] implying the embezzlement of state funds.