Alexei Navalny breathed his last in a Russian prison in the Arctic, where he was sent by Russian President Vladimir Putin, of whom he was a famous opponent.
Until Friday, February 16, when the Russian dissident passed away at the age of just 47.
THE Alexei Navalny was born on June 4, 1976. He was a Russian lawyer and political activist and one of the best-known figures in the country, as a critic of Vladimir Putin.
Navalny, who died aged 47 in an Arctic prison on Friday, February 16, had organized demonstrations in favor of reforms and once morest the corruption of the Russian regime. He also participated in the elections for the mayor of Moscow.
In 2012, the Wall Street Journal described him as “the man Vladimir Putin fears most”!
For his struggles for human rights, he was awarded the Zakharov Prize in October 2021.
Navalny spent his childhood summers with his grandmother in Ukraine.
He graduated from the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia in 1998 with a law degree.
He then studied at the University of Economics, graduating in 2001.
In 2010 he received a scholarship to Yale University.
Since 1998, Navalny has worked as a lawyer in various Russian companies.
In 2009, he became a lawyer and a member of the Kirov District Bar Association, and in 2010 he became a member of the Moscow Bar Association.
In November 2013, he was disbarred as a lawyer.
In 2000, Navalny joined the Russian United Democratic Party “Yambloko”.
In 2002, he was elected to the regional council of the Moscow local union of “Yambloko”.
In 2003, he headed the Moscow regional union of the party’s election campaign for the parliamentary elections held in December.
In April 2004, Navalny became Chief of Staff of Yabloko’s Moscow department, a post he held until February 2007. Also in 2004, he became Deputy Head of the party’s Moscow department.
At the same time, in 2005, Navalny started a youth social movement, called “Yes! – Democratic Alternative”, participating in televised debates through the state-run Moscow TV Center channel.
In 2007, he co-founded the Russian National Liberation Movement, known as “The People”, allying with two nationalist groups, the Movement Against Illegal Immigration and Great Russia.
In September 2013, he participated in the Moscow mayoral elections with the support of the People’s Freedom Party. In the elections he won 27% of the votes and came second behind Sergei Sobyanin.
Through YouTube and Twitter, he published videos and documents regarding the corruption of Russian officials, organizing protests, as a result of which he was arrested several times by the Russian authorities.
He was given two suspended sentences, once in July 2013 and once more in December 2014.
In February 2014 he was placed under house arrest.
In December 2016, Navalny began his campaign for the 2018 presidential election, but his registration was blocked by the Central Election Commission of Russia in December 2017. He appealed to the Supreme Court of Russia, but his appeal was rejected.
In May 2018, he was sentenced to 30 days in prison for participating in an unlicensed anti-Putin demonstration in Moscow.
The murderous attack with Novichok
On August 20, 2020, Navalny was rushed to hospital in a stable but critical condition following suspected poisoning on a flight from Tomsk to Moscow.
Rumors spoke of his possible poisoning by his rivals. Germany sent a delegation of doctors to Russia and Navalny was eventually flown to Berlin and treated in a hospital, where he was out of danger following weeks of extended hospitalization.
After being hospitalized in Germany, he immediately returned to Russia, but was immediately arrested by the authorities. This led to widespread protests and violent clashes between Russian police and Navalny supporters with more than 4,400 arrests.
Alexei Navalny’s wife, Yulia, was also arrested by police before being released a few hours later.
On February 2, 2021, a Moscow court sentenced Navalny to 3.5 years in a labor camp, alleging torture and denial of medical aid by Russian authorities.
On March 31, he announced he was going on hunger strike, and Amnesty International accused Putin of slowly killing Navalny with torture and inhumane treatment in prison.
According to newsit, on April 19, Navalny was transferred to a hospital for prisoners.
Navalny was nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.
In September 2021 he was awarded the Knight for Freedom award.
He was awarded the Zakharov Prize for his anti-corruption efforts in Russia in October 2021.
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