Alexei Navalny Bio | Wiki

Alexei Navalny is a Russian opposition leader, politician, lawyer, and anti-corruption activist. He received an award of the “Person of the Year” award in 2009 from a Russian business newspaper called “Vidrosti” for his contribution to corruption. Navalny is quite active on social media, where he has more than six million subscribers on YouTube and over two million Twitter followers.

He came to international prominence through organizing demonstrations and running for office. Navalny wanted to advocate reforms against corruption in Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and his government. He has been described as “the man Vladimir Putin fears most” by The Wall Street Journal. President Putin avoids directly referring to Navalny by name.

Navalny is a leader of the Russia of the Future party, a Russian Opposition Coordination Council member, and the founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK). Through his social media channels, he organizes political demonstrations, publishes materials about corruption in Russia,  and promotes his campaigns.

In March 2017, Navalny and FBK released the documentary “He Is Not Dimon to You”, accusing Dmitry Medvedev, the then prime minister and former president of Russia, of corruption, which led to mass protests across the country. In January 2021, following Navalny’s arrest and the release of the documentary Palace for Putin which accused Putin of corruption, mass protests across the country were held

Alexei Navalny Age

He was born on June 4,  1976, in Butyn, Odintsovsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia. Navalny is 45 years old.

Alexei Navalny Height

He is a man of above-average stature. Navalny stands at a height of 6 ft 2in (Appro. 1.8 m).

Alexei Navalny Family

Navalny was born in Butyn, Odintsovsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russian to his father Anatoly Navalny, and mother Lyudmila Navalnaya. His father is from Zalissia, a former village in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. Navalny grew up in Obninsk about 100 kilometers southwest of Moscow.

However, he spent his childhood summers with his grandmother in Ukraine, gaining proficiency in the Ukrainian language. Navalny’s parents own a basket-weaving factory in the village of Kobyakovo, Moscow Oblast, which they have run since 1994. Additionally, he is of Ukrainian and Russian descent.

Alexei Navalny Wife

Navalny is married to his wife Yulia Navalnaya. Together, they have two children, daughter Daria and son Zakhar. Currently, Daria is an undergraduate student at Stanford University. Since 1998, Navalny has lived in a three-room apartment in Maryino District in southeast Moscow. He is also a Russian Orthodox Christian.

Alexei Navalny Daughter

Navalny and his wife Yulia has a daughter named Daria. Currently, she is an undergraduate student at Stanford University.

Alexei Navalny Education

He graduated from the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia in 1998 earning a law degree. Navalny then studied securities and exchanges at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation. Subsequently, he received a scholarship to the Yale World Fellows program at Yale University in 2010.

Alexei Navalny Poisoning

On 20 August 2020, Navalny was hospitalized in serious condition after he was poisoned with a lethal nerve agent Novichok planted in his underpants during a flight from Tomsk to Moscow. He was emergently taken to Berlin and admitted to City Clinical Hospital no.1 in Omsk. The doctor said that Navalny was in a coma and his condition was very critical. However, on September 7, doctors announced that they had taken him out of the induced coma and that his condition had improved. Navalny was later discharged on September 22.

The OPCW said that a cholinesterase inhibitor from the Novichok group was found in Navalny’s blood, urine, skin samples, and his water bottle. Their report also clarified that he was poisoned with a new type of Novichok, which was not included in the list of controlled chemicals of the Chemical Weapons Convention.

However, Russian prosecutors refused to open a criminal investigation into the matter. The EU and the UK responded by imposing sanctions on six senior Russian officials and a state chemical center. On January 17, 2021, Navalny returned to Russia, where he was immediately arrested in Moscow on accusations of violating the terms of a suspended jail sentence.

Alexei Navalny Condition | Update

On 20 August 2020, Navalny was hospitalized in serious condition after he was poisoned with a lethal nerve agent Novichok planted in his underpants during a flight from Tomsk to Moscow. He was emergently taken to Berlin and admitted to City Clinical Hospital no.1 in Omsk. The doctor said that Navalny was in a coma and his condition was very critical. However, on 7 September, doctors announced that they had taken him out of the induced coma and that his condition had improved. Navalny was later discharged on September 22.

Alexei Navalny Net Worth

He is a politician, lawyer, and anti-corruption activist. there is no doubt therefore he has a decent fortune. Navalny estimated net worth is $50 million.

Where Is Alexei Navalny Now

On January 17, 2021, Navalny returned to Russia, where he was, however, immediately arrested in Moscow on accusations of violating the terms of a suspended jail sentence.

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