Alexei navalny where is he now
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Alexei Navalny
1976-2024
Alexei Navalny Now: Russian Authorities Say the Imprisoned Opposition Leader Has Died
Alexei Navalny, the outspoken Russian opposition leader and anticorruption activist, has reportedly died at age 47. Russian authorities say Navalny “felt unwell” after talking a walk on February 16 at the remote penal colony where he was transferred in December 2023, then lost consciousness and was unable to be resuscitated. Navalny’s family hasn’t been officially notified, and his lawyer is en route to learn more. Although the reports haven’t been confirmed, U.S. President Joe Biden said in a press conference Friday, “I have no reason to believe they’re not [true].”
Navalny had been arrested numerous times in the past 13 years, most recently in January 2021 after surviving a near-fatal poisoning and returning to Moscow. Initially sentenced for a parole violation, Navalny was then handed two more sentences, for nine years and 19 years, after being found guilty of embezzlement, fraud, and extremism. Critics denounced both the charges and punishments, saying they we
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Who is
Alexey Navalny
Biography
Alexey Navalny was born on June 4, 1976 in the village of Butyn near Moscow in the family of a military officer; in his childhood, he travelled a lot from one garrison town to another with his family. Alexey's parents, Anatoly Ivanovich and Lyudmila Ivanovna, are retired now.
Alexey Navalny has two higher education degrees. In 1997, he graduated from the People's Friendship University of Russia (lawyer), and in 2001 — from the Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation (economist). While studying for his second degree, he also worked as a lawyer.
Navalny founded the «Muscovite protection committee». This movement united over 100 initiative groups of opponents of the infill development. It achieved cancellation of a number of constructions that were harming the residents of nearby houses.
For the past 20 years, Alexey has been living in a 3-room apartment in Maryino District, in the southeast of Moscow. He is married to Yulia Navalnaya and has two children, Daria (16) a
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Timeline of Alexei Navalny’s life and activism
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny had a long history of political activism and anti-corruption advocacy from leading protests to publishing exposés of government fraud. But his fight was cut short. Navalny died in an Arctic penal colony at age 47, Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service announced Friday.
According to the statement, Navalny felt unwell after a walk and lost consciousness; the medical staff at the institution couldn’t revive him. His death comes a month before Russia’s presidential elections in March.
Surviving numerous arrests and a poisoning, Navalny has been the highest-profile critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his 24-year rule. Born in 1976, Navalny started his career in politics and activism at the same time Putin came to power.
Here’s a look at how Navalny went from being a government critic and anti-corruption blogger to leading Russia’s most prominent resistance movement in decades.
2000s
Navalny, who earned two degrees in economics and law and was a practicing lawyer, joined the Russia
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