Watch live: Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny at a hearing of Russia’s Supreme Court
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Alexei Navalny is a Russian opposition leader, politician, lawyer, and anti-corruption activist. He came to international prominence by organizing demonstrations and running for office to advocate reforms against corruption in Russia, president Vladimir Putin, and Putin’s government.
Alexei Navalny is the leader of the Russia of the Future party and the founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).
Navalny has been arrested several times by Russian authorities. He received two suspended sentences for embezzlement in two cases, one in July 2013 and another one in December 2014. Both cases are widely considered to be politically motivated and intended to bar him from running in future elections. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that the cases violated Navalny’s right to a fair trial, but they were never overturned. In total, Navalny won six complaints against the Russian authorities in the ECHR for a total of €225,000.
In 2013, he ran in the Moscow mayoral election and came in second, with 27% of the vote, losing to incumbent mayor Sergey Sobyanin. In December 2016, Navalny tried to run for President of Russia during the 2018 election but was barred by Russia’s Central Electoral Commission and later the Supreme Court of Russia due to a criminal conviction.
In August 2020, Navalny was hospitalized in serious condition after he was poisoned with a nerve agent. He was medically evacuated to Berlin and discharged a month later. Navalny accused Putin of being responsible for his poisoning and an investigation implicated agents from the Federal Security Service (FSB) in his poisoning.
The EU and UK responded by imposing sanctions on Russian officials. On 17 January 2021, he returned to Russia, where he was immediately detained on accusations of violating parole conditions. On 2 February, his suspended sentence was replaced with a prison sentence, meaning he would spend two and half years in a penal colony.
Alexei Navalny is 47 years old (birth date June 4, 1976).
Alexei Navalny was born in Butyn', Russia.
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