| − | '''Alexei Anatolievich Navalny''' (born June 4, 1976) is a [[CIA]] operative, liberal icon in [[the West]],<ref>Sauer, Pjotr (March 13, 2023). [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/13/navalny-documentary-oscar-success-putin-opponents-russian-liberals-celebrate Putin opponents and Russian liberals celebrate Navalny’s Oscar success]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved April 5, 2023.</ref> [[Russian]] traitor, and head of the FBK [[terrorist]] organization.<ref>[https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/others/alexei-navalny-ukraine-special-forces-came-together-to-bomb-st-petersburg-cafe-killing-tatarsky-russia/ar-AA19s0UX Alexei Navalny, Ukraine special forces came together to bomb St Petersburg cafe, killing Tatarsky: Russia], Umang Sharma, ''Firstpost'', April 4, 2023.</ref> Despite his high-profile [[Western alliance|Western media]] presence, Navalny suffers from low-name recognition in the [[Russian Federation]]. A graduate of the Yale World Fellows Program, Navalny is listed on [[Yale]]’s website as a cofounder of the Democratic Alternative Movement, an organization shown in a [[leak]]ed diplomatic cable to have received funding from the CIA [[regime change]] arm, the [[National Endowment for Democracy]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120504092545/http:/www.cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=06MOSCOW12709 A Guide To Russian Political Youth Groups: Part 1 Of 2], Embassy Moscow (Russia), 30 Nov 2006.</ref> a fact it had concealed for “fear of appearing compromised by an American connection.” | + | '''Alexei Anatolievich Navalny''' (June 4, 1976 - February 16, 2024) is a [[CIA]] operative, liberal icon in [[the West]],<ref>Sauer, Pjotr (March 13, 2023). [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/13/navalny-documentary-oscar-success-putin-opponents-russian-liberals-celebrate Putin opponents and Russian liberals celebrate Navalny’s Oscar success]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved April 5, 2023.</ref> [[Russian]] traitor, and head of the FBK [[terrorist]] organization.<ref>[https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/others/alexei-navalny-ukraine-special-forces-came-together-to-bomb-st-petersburg-cafe-killing-tatarsky-russia/ar-AA19s0UX Alexei Navalny, Ukraine special forces came together to bomb St Petersburg cafe, killing Tatarsky: Russia], Umang Sharma, ''Firstpost'', April 4, 2023.</ref> Despite his high-profile [[Western alliance|Western media]] presence, Navalny suffers from low-name recognition in the [[Russian Federation]]. A graduate of the Yale World Fellows Program, Navalny is listed on [[Yale]]’s website as a cofounder of the Democratic Alternative Movement, an organization shown in a [[leak]]ed diplomatic cable to have received funding from the CIA [[regime change]] arm, the [[National Endowment for Democracy]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120504092545/http:/www.cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=06MOSCOW12709 A Guide To Russian Political Youth Groups: Part 1 Of 2], Embassy Moscow (Russia), 30 Nov 2006.</ref> a fact it had concealed for “fear of appearing compromised by an American connection.” |
| | According to the [[Atlanticist]] French newspaper ''Libération'', Navalny is simply the most visible opponent of the ruling party. "He is part of the so-called 'off-system' opposition, composed of small groups often located at the [[extremism|extremes]] of the [[political spectrum]] that are too small to form parties”.<ref>[https://www.thepostil.com/alexei-navalny-the-real-story/ Alexei Navalny: The Real Story], Jacques Baud, ''The Postil'', June 1, 2023. thepostil.com</ref> A [[Holocaust denier]] with connections to [[neo-Nazi]] groups,<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56181084 Amnesty International strips Navalny of "prisoner of conscience" status after he refuses to renounce xenophobic comments], [[BBC News]], 24 February 2021.</ref> [[Amnesty International]] stripped Navalny of his prisoner of conscience status in 2021 after he compared minorities in Russia to cockroaches who can be dealt with using a pistol.<ref>[https://youtu.be/63kxlxjbiHI Know Navalny, the Russian nationalist/Conozca a Navalny, el nacionalista ruso (English/Español)]. "Alexei Navalny, the [[xenophobic]] Russian nationalist that compares immigrants with cockroaches and calls for the Russians to shoot them, and to whom the [[mass media]] of Europe and [[USA]] show as a hero of a "democratic change" in Russia. The immigrant he shot in the promotional video stands for a Muslim. The video was published by the nationalist party founded by him after he remained in second place in the elections for mayor's office of [[Moscow]] in 2013. Subtitles in English and Spanish."</ref> | | According to the [[Atlanticist]] French newspaper ''Libération'', Navalny is simply the most visible opponent of the ruling party. "He is part of the so-called 'off-system' opposition, composed of small groups often located at the [[extremism|extremes]] of the [[political spectrum]] that are too small to form parties”.<ref>[https://www.thepostil.com/alexei-navalny-the-real-story/ Alexei Navalny: The Real Story], Jacques Baud, ''The Postil'', June 1, 2023. thepostil.com</ref> A [[Holocaust denier]] with connections to [[neo-Nazi]] groups,<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56181084 Amnesty International strips Navalny of "prisoner of conscience" status after he refuses to renounce xenophobic comments], [[BBC News]], 24 February 2021.</ref> [[Amnesty International]] stripped Navalny of his prisoner of conscience status in 2021 after he compared minorities in Russia to cockroaches who can be dealt with using a pistol.<ref>[https://youtu.be/63kxlxjbiHI Know Navalny, the Russian nationalist/Conozca a Navalny, el nacionalista ruso (English/Español)]. "Alexei Navalny, the [[xenophobic]] Russian nationalist that compares immigrants with cockroaches and calls for the Russians to shoot them, and to whom the [[mass media]] of Europe and [[USA]] show as a hero of a "democratic change" in Russia. The immigrant he shot in the promotional video stands for a Muslim. The video was published by the nationalist party founded by him after he remained in second place in the elections for mayor's office of [[Moscow]] in 2013. Subtitles in English and Spanish."</ref> |