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'''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.”
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'''Alexei Anatolievich Navalny''' (June 4, 1976 - February 16, 2024) was a Russian [[lawyer]], [[nationalist]]-leaning opposition leader, anti-corruption crusader, and political prisoner. He was the most prominent domestic critic of President [[Vladimir Putin]], a former [[KGB]] officer, and the founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), which exposed the wealth of Russia's ruling elite.<ref name="hayward-life">Hayward, John (February 16, 2024). [https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2024/02/16/the-life-and-death-of-putin-gadfly-alexei-navalny/ The Life and Death of Putin Gadfly Alexei Navalny]. ''Breitbart News''.</ref> He survived a [[Novichok]] nerve-agent poisoning in 2020, returned voluntarily to Russia knowing he would likely be arrested, and died in an Arctic penal colony in 2024 while serving a sentence he and his allies called politically motivated.<ref name="breitbart-disappears">[https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2023/12/12/russian-dissident-alexei-navalny-disappears-from-prison-whereabouts-unknown/ Russian Dissident Alexei Navalny Disappears from Prison, Whereabouts Unknown]. ''Breitbart News'', December 12, 2023.</ref>
  
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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> 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> [[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>  
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==Early life and education==
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Navalny was the son of a Soviet military officer and an economist, and spent much of his youth at his father's garrison postings. His visits to his grandmother near Chernobyl, and the Soviet cover-up of the 1986 disaster, appear to have been a formative experience.<ref name="hayward-life" />
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==Political views==
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Navalny made the fight against state corruption the center of his politics, attacking a system in which officials and politically connected oligarchs enriched themselves at the expense of ordinary taxpayers.<ref name="hayward-life" />
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===Faith===
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Navalny came to Christianity as an adult after having been an atheist. In a 2021 court statement he described his Christian faith in explicitly biblical terms, and he is reported to have said that it set him apart from the largely atheist staff of the FBK.<ref>[https://assets.christianpost.com/news/alexei-navalny-leaned-on-christian-faith-in-prison-before-death.html Putin foe Alexei Navalny leaned on Christian faith before death]. ''The Christian Post'' (originally published by ''Christian Today''), 2024.</ref>
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===Immigration, firearms, and nationalism===
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Unusually among Russian opposition figures, Navalny advocated legal firearm ownership for self-defense and called for tighter controls on migration from Central Asia.
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==Death==
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Navalny died on February 16, 2024 at the Arctic penal colony. Russian officials reportedly cited "sudden death syndrome" and refused for days to release his body to his family.<ref>Hayward, John (February 19, 2024). "Russia Says Alexei Navalny Died of 'Sudden Death Syndrome,' Keeping Body from Family." ''Breitbart News''. [https://www.breitbart.com/tag/alexei-navalny/ Listed here].</ref> More than 400 people were detained in Russia for attending memorials to him.<ref>Breitbart London (February 18, 2024). "Over 400 Arrested for Attending Navalny Memorial Demonstrations in Russia." ''Breitbart News''. [https://www.breitbart.com/tag/alexei-navalny/ Listed here].</ref>
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President [[Donald Trump]], asked whether Putin bore responsibility, said it was "probably" the case, adding that "something happened that was unusual" for a man of Navalny's age.<ref>[https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-putin-probably-involved-in-navalnys-death Trump: Putin 'Probably' Involved In Navalny's Death]. ''The Daily Wire'', 2024.</ref>
  
 
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Alexei Navalny

Alexei Anatolievich Navalny (June 4, 1976 - February 16, 2024) was a Russian lawyer, nationalist-leaning opposition leader, anti-corruption crusader, and political prisoner. He was the most prominent domestic critic of President Vladimir Putin, a former KGB officer, and the founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), which exposed the wealth of Russia's ruling elite.[1] He survived a Novichok nerve-agent poisoning in 2020, returned voluntarily to Russia knowing he would likely be arrested, and died in an Arctic penal colony in 2024 while serving a sentence he and his allies called politically motivated.[2]

Early life and education

Navalny was the son of a Soviet military officer and an economist, and spent much of his youth at his father's garrison postings. His visits to his grandmother near Chernobyl, and the Soviet cover-up of the 1986 disaster, appear to have been a formative experience.[1]

Political views

Navalny made the fight against state corruption the center of his politics, attacking a system in which officials and politically connected oligarchs enriched themselves at the expense of ordinary taxpayers.[1]

Faith

Navalny came to Christianity as an adult after having been an atheist. In a 2021 court statement he described his Christian faith in explicitly biblical terms, and he is reported to have said that it set him apart from the largely atheist staff of the FBK.[3]

Immigration, firearms, and nationalism

Unusually among Russian opposition figures, Navalny advocated legal firearm ownership for self-defense and called for tighter controls on migration from Central Asia.

Death

Navalny died on February 16, 2024 at the Arctic penal colony. Russian officials reportedly cited "sudden death syndrome" and refused for days to release his body to his family.[4] More than 400 people were detained in Russia for attending memorials to him.[5]

President Donald Trump, asked whether Putin bore responsibility, said it was "probably" the case, adding that "something happened that was unusual" for a man of Navalny's age.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hayward, John (February 16, 2024). The Life and Death of Putin Gadfly Alexei Navalny. Breitbart News.
  2. ↑ Russian Dissident Alexei Navalny Disappears from Prison, Whereabouts Unknown. Breitbart News, December 12, 2023.
  3. ↑ Putin foe Alexei Navalny leaned on Christian faith before death. The Christian Post (originally published by Christian Today), 2024.
  4. ↑ Hayward, John (February 19, 2024). "Russia Says Alexei Navalny Died of 'Sudden Death Syndrome,' Keeping Body from Family." Breitbart News. Listed here.
  5. ↑ Breitbart London (February 18, 2024). "Over 400 Arrested for Attending Navalny Memorial Demonstrations in Russia." Breitbart News. Listed here.
  6. ↑ Trump: Putin 'Probably' Involved In Navalny's Death. The Daily Wire, 2024.
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