Navalny real biography. Where is Navalny now and what is he doing? Navalny's political activities

Recently, Alexei Navalny, who is tipped to be the leader of the opposition and almost the future president of Russia, registered the “Fund for the Fight against Corruption” and began collecting legal donations.

Lord of the "hamsters"

You could say that as a politician Alexey Navalny was born on the Internet. There he started a blog, which later grew into the mega-popular online resource about corruption “RosPil”.

It would seem that it has never been a secret to anyone that in Russia there is theft and rampant corruption. But it was on this platform, trampled many times by the independent press, politicians, and even the authorities themselves, that popularity began to grow rapidly Alexey Navalny. “Respect!”, “You are doing an important job,” “It’s good that such a person exists” - the virtual wrestler was quickly elevated to a virtual pedestal by his virtual friends.

Navalny hit the target clearly - the audience was waiting for such a lone fighter who, with facts and figures, would call all the unsightly things by their true names. Virtual Robin Hood quickly assembled his own small, combat-ready online army, which, as if on command, immediately “tears” on the Internet everyone who doubts the radiance of Navalny’s image.

– Navalny not the smartest of bloggers, not the bravest, he’s not even the first - before him there were sites and blogs exposing corruption (for example, Zakupki news by Alexander Malyutin. - Ed.), but it’s a blog Alexey Navalny became number one on this topic. For people familiar with political technologies and the basics of PR, it is obvious that serious efforts and, probably, funds were involved here to promote this blog, says an expert from the Center for Political Conjuncture Dmitry Abzalov.– In addition, it is not without reason to assume that initially the blog had not so much political as business goals: Navalny became a minority shareholder in many state-owned and blue-chip companies, received and partially published internal information, and also started lawsuits, in during which access was opened to documents that had not previously been made public. The Transneft company openly called these actions “industrial espionage.” Such technologies were widely used in the USA in the 80–90s and, perhaps, have reached us.

Navalny really brought horror to the hitherto “unafraid” and all-powerful structures - VTB, Sberbank, Gazprom.

Internet “hamsters” (a stable expression in relation to the Internet crowd) began to dedicate poems, websites and enthusiastic posts to Navalny throughout the vast space of the Internet. The voices of some experts who considered Navalny’s activities to be camouflaged “greenmail” (corporate blackmail) sounded quieter and more boring.

Virtuality and reality

Online Alexey Navalny received everything: the position of “mayor of Moscow” according to Internet users, maximum trust according to online polls, the delight of bloggers. But the blogosphere, by definition, is the most critical and distrustful audience, so in a bright guise Navalny not immediately, but there were spots.

A pleasant young man with a short and transparent biography is an ideal option for the role of a “Teflon politician” who is not in danger of any exposure.

– You’re probably talking about Lesha? Of course, I remember him,” the former class teacher told Interlocutor Navalny Irina Vakhrusheva. “He came from a very good family: his father was a military man, his mother worked in the administration of a large furniture company, was on the parent committee and was always worried about Lyosha, interested in all his affairs. But he gave no reason for worry: he was always smart, balanced, serious, very calm, although not always convenient for teachers - he could disagree and argue with the teacher.

Alexey Navalny grew up in a small military town near Moscow. The times were the most difficult for the army - the 90s. On the one hand, there is a prosperous family, on the other, there is widespread talk about “traitors who ruined the country.” The opposition vector was given Navalny since school days.

Navalny entered the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, after graduating from which he went to the Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation to study stock exchange business. As they say, ambitious applicants enter the “Belodom” university in order to acquire useful connections from the criminal institute.

Having received two prestigious diplomas, Alexey Navalny did not pursue a career in the generally accepted sense. He was caught up in politics. He joined Yabloko, but in 2007 he was expelled from the party with the wording “for causing political damage to the party, in particular for nationalist activities.” To this day, there are videos from “early Navalny” circulating on the Internet, where he demonstrates the advantages of a fly swatter, a slipper and a pistol, which can be used to deal with a fly, a cockroach and a Caucasian, respectively.

“Believe me, I don’t have a tattoo with Hitler,” Navalny jokes about the topic of nationalism, which is inconvenient for him now, which has become a dragging burden for a federal politician, where he is aiming.

But it is known that Navalny is a participant in all “Russian Marches” without exception. Old Yabloko members tell how Navalny, when he lacked arguments, could interrupt his party colleague, an Armenian woman: “But your place is in the market!” And in 2007, during a debate at the Gogol club Navalny shot several times from a traumatic pistol at car mechanic Timur Teziev, which is why a criminal case was opened, which was closed six months later.

U Navalny there is no work history in the general sense: he does not go to the office or the workshop, but rather to rallies and marches. Almost his only official place of work was as an adviser to Governor Nikita Belykh in the Kirov region in 2009–2010. Assisting the most liberal head of the region in Russia is a good thing, but it is unlikely that Navalny himself likes to remember that period: the director of the local enterprise Kirovles accused Navalny of imposing an unprofitable contract and actually ruining the enterprise, and the head Navalny The Foundation for Supporting Initiatives of the Governor of the Kirov Region was disgraced by letters to entrepreneurs asking them to make a financial contribution.

Skeletons in the closet

A revolutionary on the Internet, in real life Navalny is a well-fed bourgeois who drove around Kirov in a gold Lamborghini, around Moscow in an Infinity, and celebrates the New Year in a country that is not the cheapest for tourist trips from Russia - Mexico.

“The Lamborghini is not mine, they let me drive it,” Alexey innocently parries the questions of Internet users.

It is known that Navalny lived in the United States for about six months, studied at Yale University and often visits the States. In America, they say, Navalny’s wife also lives most of the time.

It turns out that fighting for a just cause with proper organization can become a good business. Navalny’s project “RosPil” has already collected 5 million rubles in donations, some of which came in large contributions.

"It is clear that Navalny We've scrolled through the dough - and we need to somehow legalize this grant. But it’s not that oaky, yeah. SUDDENLY a million. In a day,” the political scientist commented on his blog Timofey Shevyakov.

Opponents Navalny they wonder how a professional fighter for truth lives and supports his wife and two children, and they wonder whose Navalny project – the USA or the Kremlin?

“The United States, of course, has a long-standing “image of the enemy,” and the Kremlin may be trying to channel the opposition under Navalny, lead it in circles, let it off steam,” says Dmitry Abzalov.

Alexey Navalny- This is the first Russian attempt to create a professional politician “with white gloves.” And so it was. But exactly until the virtual image acquired the features of a real person.

Family

Parents of Alexei Navalny: father - Anatoly Ivanovich Navalny, co-owner and general director of the Kobyakovskaya wicker weaving factory, mother - Lyudmila Ivanovna Navalnaya, co-owner and commercial director of the Kobyakovskaya wicker weaving factory.

Wife - Yulia Borisovna Navalnaya, daughter Daria (born 2001), son Zakhar (born 2008).

Brother - Oleg Anatolyevich Navalny.

Biography

Alexey Navalny was born on June 4, 1976 in the military town of Butyn, Odintsovo district, Moscow region.

In 1993, Navalny graduated from the Alabinsk secondary school in the military village of Kalininets. In the same year (according to other sources - in 1992) he moved to Moscow for permanent residence.

In 1993, Navalny entered the Faculty of Law Peoples' Friendship University of Russia. In 1998 he graduated from the RUDN University, and in 1999 he entered the Faculty of Finance and Credit of the Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation, from which he graduated in 2001.

While still studying at RUDN University, Navalny begins to gain work experience. For some time he worked in the legal department of Aeroflot Bank (until this bank was deprived of its license in January 1997).

In 1997, Alexei Navalny entered the field of entrepreneurial activity.

In 1997 he registers LLC "Nesna" to organize hairdressing services, but the company was soon sold.

In 1997, Navalny registered Allekt LLC, where until 2005 he served as deputy director for legal issues.

In 1998-1999, Navalny worked as a lawyer in the development company ST Group, owned by a businessman Shalva Chigirinsky(where he was involved in currency control and antitrust legislation), and then, according to media information, he traded on the stock exchange and worked as a lawyer in various companies.

Alexei Navalny himself recalls the following about himself in the late 90s: " After law school, I graduated from Securities and Exchange Business at the Financial Academy. But the financial crisis happened, I lost the little money I had, and I never had to deal with it any further. Moreover, as it turned out, this could not be done on the principle of “but I’m still a little bit of a trader”, as a hobby, and I was not ready to devote myself to trading on the stock exchange".

In 2000, Navalny, together with his fellow RUDN students, opened the company N.N. Securities, where he was the owner of 35% of the shares and held the post of chief accountant. N.N. Securities traded securities on the stock exchange, but the company went bankrupt.

In 2001, Navalny co-founded the company "Eurasian transport systems"(Navalny’s share is 34 percent of the shares), which specialized in logistics and road freight transportation.

In addition, Alexey Navalny participated in the family business of his parents: he owns 25% of the authorized capital of the LLC "Kobyakovskaya wicker weaving factory".

In 2006, Navalny worked as the host of the “Urban Planning Chronicles” program on the radio station "Echo of Moscow".

In 2007, the Allekt company was an agent of the party Union of Right Forces for advertising, and spent 99 million rubles through its accounts. According to official data, Navalny received a commission of 5% from the agreement with the Union of Right Forces, that is, approx. 5 million rubles. Subsequently, the Allekt company was liquidated.

In 2008, Navalny founded "Union of Minority Shareholders", which, according to its own statement, should protect the rights of private investors. In the same year, Navalny bought about 300 thousand rubles worth of shares in Rosneft, Gazprom, Lukoil, Surgutneftegaz, Gazprom Neft, Sberbank, VTB.

At the end of 2009, Alexei Navalny became the laureate of the fifth annual award of the Finance magazine in the category “For the protection of the rights of minority shareholders.”

In 2009, Navalny established Navalny and Partners LLC, however, already in 2010 this company was liquidated.

In 2009, having become an adviser to the governor of the Kirov region, Alexei Navalny temporarily moved to the Kirov region.

In 2009, Navalny passed the qualifying exam at the Bar Chamber of the Kirov Region and in 2010 transferred to Moscow City Bar Chamber.

The profession of a lawyer did not become the source of Alexei Navalny’s main income: during his entire legal practice, he participated in 11 cases in arbitration courts, and only in two of them personally, and in other cases his representatives acted on his behalf.

In 2010, Alexey Navalny completed six months of training at Yale University under the Yale World Fellows program, on recommendation, Evgeniy Albats, And Oleg Tsyvinsky.

In June 2012, Navalny joined the board of directors "Aeroflot" according to the decision of the annual meeting of shareholders. Navalny was included in the relevant committees for personnel, remuneration and audit.

In February 2013, the media reported that Navalny was not nominated as a candidate for the new board of directors of Aeroflot.

On July 18, 2013, Alexei Navalny was sentenced under the so-called "to the Kirovles case": 5 years in a general regime colony and a fine of 500 thousand rubles.

On October 16, 2013, the Kirov Regional Court changed the guilty verdict, assigning Navalny a suspended sentence. The verdict came into force.

Policy

Alexei Navalny's political career began in 2000, when he joined the Yabloko party.

In 2002, Navalny was elected to the regional council of the Moscow branch of the party, and from April 2004 to February 2007, Navalny headed the apparatus of the Moscow regional branch of the Yabloko party.

During this period, Navalny began active political cooperation with a number of young liberals, for example, Nikita Belykh, Natalia Morar And .

In 2004, Navalny founded a citywide movement "Committee for the Defense of Muscovites", directed " against corruption and violation of citizens' rights during construction in Moscow".

In 2005, Navalny, together with Denis Terekhov acted as a founder "Foundation for Support of Democratic Initiatives".

In 2005, together with Maria Gaidar, Natalya Morar and other liberals, Navalny participated in the creation of the Youth Movement "YES!", where he leads the “Police with the People” project.

Since 2006, Navalny has worked as the coordinator of the “Political Debates” project and the chief editor of the television version of the project called “Fight Club.” Several programs in which Navalny took part featured Maria Gaidar, Eduard Bagirov, Maxima Kononenko, Yulia Latynina, , , Maxim Martsinkevich and other social activists.

June 23, 2007 Alexey Navalny becomes one of the co-chairs of the movement "People"(together with writers and Sergei Gulyaev). This political entity was of a national character, its ideology was stated as " democratic nationalism - the fight for democracy and the rights of Russians".

The “People” movement has formed a certain circle of supporters of the aspiring politician Navalny. For example, the communists signed the published Manifesto of the movement Petr Miloserdov, leader of the St. Petersburg branch of the NBP Andrey Dmitriev, editor-in-chief of "Limonka" Alexey Volynets, National Bolshevik writer Zakhar Prilepin, as well as Pavel Svyatenkov, Igor Romankov, Mikhail Dorozhkin and other persons.

A well-known political scientist also appeared among the sponsors of the “People” movement Stanislav Belkovsky. As Navalny himself later recalled: “ Belkovsky came up to me and said: you’re doing everything right, well done, and somehow we became friends with him on this topic. He introduced me to a lot of people".

In December 2007, a meeting of the Bureau of the Yabloko party was held on the issue of Navalny’s expulsion from the party. Navalny was expelled from the Yabloko party with the wording " for causing political damage to the party, in particular for nationalist activities".

In 2008, the media announced the creation of the “Russian National Movement”, which included organizations DPNI(leader - Alexander Belov), "Great Russia"(leader - Andrey Savelyev) and "People". Alexei Navalny said that the new association will participate in the next State Duma elections, having a chance of winning:

"I think such an association will receive a fairly large percentage of the votes and will claim victory... Up to 60 percent of our population adheres to spontaneous nationalism, but it is not politically formalized in any way".

Most of the public organizations established with the participation of Navalny were “disposable” structures that quickly ceased to exist for various reasons. The same fate befell the Russian National Movement, which, according to Navalny himself, “failed organizationally.”

In May 2008, Alexey Navalny announced that the company "Rosneft", "Gazprom Neft" And "Surgutneftegaz" hide information about their activities from shareholders. In the future, Navalny will collect a lot of political PR from “trolling” state corporations as a minority shareholder. Navalny will report thefts in VTB, Transneft and other companies with state participation.

In 2009, Alexey Navalny became a freelance adviser to the governor of the Kirov region - the former leader of the Union of Right Forces, Nikita Belykh.

In 2009, Navalny co-founded the Foundation for Supporting Initiatives of the Governor of the Kirov Region.

In 2010, having completed training in the USA, Alexei Navalny began systematic efforts to distinguish himself as an independent politician.

In November 2010, Navalny spoke at Helsinki Commission of the US Congress, chaired by Senator Benjamin Cardin, where hearings were held on corruption in Russia.

In December 2010, Alexey Navalny announced the creation of the project "RosPil" aimed at combating abuses in public procurement.

In May 2011, Navalny launches the project "RosYama", aimed, in his words, " to encourage Russian authorities to improve the condition of roads".

In September 2011, Alexei Navalny established the Anti-Corruption Fund. Entrepreneurs became sponsors of the fund Boris Zimin And . Other public figures also provided support to Navalny’s fund, for example, economist Sergei Guriev:

“I publicly supported Navalny. Now they say that many supported Khodorkovsky and spoke for Navalny. This is true. But nine people took part in the examination of the second “YUKOS case”, including three foreigners. Publicly supported the Fund... only 16 people, including me and my wife."

On December 5, 2011, Navalny spoke at a rally sanctioned by the authorities and organized by the movement on Chistoprudny Boulevard. Speaking to a crowd of thousands, Navalny in particular called " a party of swindlers, thieves and murderers".

After the end of the event, Navalny took part in an unauthorized march to the building of the Russian Central Election Commission on Lubyanka, during which he was detained by the police. Along with him, oppositionist and co-chairman of the Solidarity Movement Ilya Yashin was detained. The next day the judge Olga Borovkova found both guilty of resisting law enforcement officers and imposed 15 days of administrative arrest as punishment.

After his release from arrest, Alexey Navalny continued his street activity.

Navalny took part in rallies on Sakharov Avenue on December 24, 2011, in a procession along Yakimanka on February 4, 2012, in the White Ring rally on February 26, in a rally on Pushkin Square on March 5, in the “March of Millions” on May 6 and other rallies and processions, as an independent political figure.

On May 9, 2012, Navalny was again sentenced to 15 days of arrest for participating in an illegal rally on Kudrinskaya Square.

In May 2012, Navalny launches the “Good Truth Machine” propaganda project, with the help of which Navalny plans to disseminate information about abuses and corruption in power.

On October 20-22, 2012, elections were held in Coordination Council of the Russian Opposition. Navalny, who ran on the civil list, received the largest number of votes - more than 43 thousand. In addition to him, Garry Kasparov, Ilya Yashin, , , and other opposition figures received a significant number of votes. However, the opposition Constitutional Court did not last even a year.

On November 8, 2012, Navalny launched an Internet service designed to file complaints about various shortcomings in the work of housing and communal services. The service was named "RosZHKH".

On April 4, 2013, on the Dozhd channel, Alexey Navalny said that in the future he plans to take the post of President of Russia.

In 2013, on early Moscow mayoral elections Alexey Navalny was nominated as a candidate from the party. On July 10, 2013, Navalny submitted documents for registration to the Moscow City Election Commission, including 115 signatures of municipal deputies (which included representatives of United Russia at the request of the acting mayor of the capital). Sergei Sobyanin himself commented on this fact:

“To be honest, I don’t know what prospects the candidate Navalny has. We did everything possible to register him so that Muscovites would have the opportunity to have a greater choice among candidates for mayor of Moscow.”

During the elections, Navalny repeatedly announced fundraising in his support. During the campaign, the politician collected about 108 million rubles.

According to the results of the elections held on September 8, 2013, Alexei Navalny took 2nd place and received 27.24% of the votes of active voters.

In the fall of 2013, Alexei Navalny headed an unregistered party "People's Alliance", which was created by his associates in the Anti-Corruption Foundation and the Opposition Coordination Council.

Russian President Vladimir Putin about Alexei Navalny:

"This gentleman has saddled himself with a very fashionable topic of fighting corruption. I repeat once again, in order to fight corruption, first of all, you yourself need to be crystal clear. But there are problems there. In this regard, I, unfortunately, have a suspicion that this just a way to score points rather than a true desire to solve problems."

In 2013, on his blog, Navalny published documents that confirmed the presence of an undeclared apartment in the State Duma deputy from United Russia. Vladimir Pekhtin. As a result of a scandal that broke out in the media, Pekhtin voluntarily resigned his parliamentary mandate. This scandal was later called "pehting".

In February 2014, a statement by RosPila led to the arrest of the deputy mayor of Chita Vyacheslav Shulyakovsky, suspected of manipulating the apartments of orphans.

On February 28, 2014, the Basmanny Court changed the preventive measure for Alexei Navalny from a recognizance not to leave the place to house arrest for a period until April 28: he was prohibited from leaving his apartment without the permission of the investigator, using the telephone, mail and the Internet, Navalny can only communicate with his relatives. On April 24, the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow extended Navalny’s house arrest until October 28, 2014.

During the Crimean events, March 20, 2014, newspaper The New York Times published an article by Navalny, in which he asked for additional sanctions against “Putin’s inner circle,” in particular, Navalny called on Western countries to freeze financial assets and confiscate the property of large Russian businessmen. Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation has prepared an expanded list of persons for sanctions by the European Union. This document was published on the website of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.

On October 8, 2015, Alexei Navalny’s right to travel abroad was restricted due to the fact that he did not repay a debt in the amount of 4.5 million rubles (according to the lawyer Kobzeva, Navalny paid 3 million rubles).

On December 1, 2015, the Anti-Corruption Foundation, headed by Navalny, published the results of its own investigation, which alleged that the relatives of the Prosecutor General were engaged in illegal activities.

The materials also stated that the ex-wife of the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Gennady Lopatin Olga ran a joint business (Sugar Kubani LLC) with the wives of gang members from village Kushchevskaya in Kuban. Lopatina stated that this information is not true.

Prosecutor General Chaika said: " It is obvious to me that this is an order, clearly not carried out with the money of the performers. Big money! The information presented is deliberately false and has no basis. It is absolutely clear to me who and what is behind this. I think I will voice this in the near future".

In response, Navalny said that he would file a lawsuit to protect his honor and dignity.

Scandals, rumors

In the fall of 2006, a number of media outlets reported that Navalny, a little-known Yabloko member at the time, was one of the organizers of the nationalist movement. "Russian March", Navalny himself rejected this. Nevertheless, Navalny subsequently took part in “Russian Marches” several times, including in 2006 as an observer from Yabloko.

The media reported that in 2010, many future pro-American “orange revolutionaries” studied at the same course at Yale with Navalny: for example, Fares Mabrouk, an activist in the Tunisian revolution, and Lumumba Di-Aping, an activist in the revolution in Sudan.

In 2010, a resident of Penza appealed to law enforcement agencies for “abuse of the coat of arms of Russia” in the form of an image of a double-headed eagle with two saws in its paws on the logo of the RosPil project. In 2011, a similar statement was sent to the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation by a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation from United Russia.

In April 2011, Alexey Navalny published a post on his blog that cited the results of an investigation by the Hermitage Capital Management fund. In July 2011, a businessman Vladlen Stepanov filed a lawsuit against Navalny for protection of honor, dignity and business reputation, compensation for moral damage. In October 2011, the court decided to partially satisfy the claim and recover 100 thousand rubles from Alexei Navalny, requiring him to publish a refutation of the information.

In May 2011, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against Navalny under Article 165 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“causing property damage by deception or breach of trust in the absence of signs of theft”). According to investigators, Navalny misled the director State Unitary Enterprise "Kirovles" Vyacheslav Opalev, persuading him to conclude an unfavorable contract.

In August 2011, the infamous hacker Hell hacked Navalny's email and made his correspondence over several years publicly available. Navalny’s correspondence revealed his connections with a number of politicians, businessmen and public figures, as well as foreign “partners.”

In December 2012, the Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case for fraud against Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg Navalny. According to investigators, Navalny created the company LLC "Main Subscription Agency", with which in the spring of 2008 an unnamed trading company entered into an agreement for cargo transportation of mail. In total, 55 million rubles were transferred to the account of the “Main Subscription Agency” with the real cost of services being 31 million rubles.

In April 2013, the Main Investigation Department TFR opened a criminal case against Oleg Navalny and his brother Alexey for fraud based on a statement from the general director of Multidisciplinary Processing Company LLC (MPC). According to the investigation, the brothers created the company Alortag Management Limited in Cyprus, which acted as the founder of Main Subscription Agency LLC (GPA).

In 2008, Oleg Navalny, acting in collusion with his brother, convinced representatives of the LLC to terminate contracts with direct contractors for the provision of services for printing invoices and notices, as well as for the delivery of terminal equipment to regional departments of the federal postal service. This criminal case was combined in one proceeding with a criminal case accusing the Navalny brothers of fraud against the company "Yves Rocher East".

On February 27, 2013, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation announced that Alexey Navalny was interrogated at the Main Investigation Department regarding the circumstances of his obtaining lawyer status. During the investigation of the criminal case regarding the embezzlement of property of the Kirovles company, the investigators “had doubts about the legality of obtaining lawyer status” in 2009 by Alexei Navalny, who at that time was an adviser to the governor of the Kirov region.

During the election campaign for the post of mayor of Moscow, it became known that Alexey Navalny, together with Maria Gaidar and Mikhail Eshkin, is the founder of the construction company MRD COMPANY registered on November 20, 2007 in Montenegro.

According to election law, candidates must provide information about income, property and foreign assets, so Navalny’s campaign put forward the version that the website of the Montenegrin tax service was hacked, and later claimed that the company was registered without Navalny’s knowledge. However, the Montenegrin tax service denied both the version of the site being hacked and the registration without the knowledge of the co-founder, stating that there are documents signed by all co-founders.

The Russian Central Election Commission considered the collection of donations for Alexei Navalny's election funds through the Yandex.Money system to be a violation of election and tax laws. In August 2013, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that they would check data on the misappropriation of part of the money transferred to his election campaign by Navalny’s supporters.

The material alleged that the opposition politician was financed by the authorities through the company of Vladimir Ashurkov’s common-law wife (one of the associates of oppositionist Alexei Navalny and head of the Anti-Corruption Foundation), Alexandrina Markvo. The authors of the material pointed out that Bureau 17, which belongs to Markvo, “in the period from 2012 to 2014, over and over again won competitions for holding various events for the Moscow City Hall and the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications.” According to the authors’ estimates, the Markvo company earned about 100 million rubles from tenders.

Soon, the Investigative Committee of Russia began an investigation into the information contained in the publication. The investigation sees in it signs of a crime under the article “Fraud committed by an organized group or on an especially large scale” when concluding and executing government contracts.

In August 2014, the human rights society "Memorial" included Alexei Navalny on the list of political prisoners in connection with his placement under house arrest in a case of fraud against "Yves Rocher", which, according to human rights activists, has political motives.

The case was considered by a judge of the Zamoskvoretsky Court Elena Korobchenko. The verdict was expected on January 15, 2015 (on the same day the opposition planned to hold protests on Manezhnaya Square), but then unexpectedly was postponed to December 30.

On this day, the court announced the operative part of the verdict: Oleg Navalny was sentenced to 3.5 years in a general regime colony, Alexei Navalny was given a suspended sentence of 3.5 years. The brothers must pay more than 4 million rubles to the MPK company, in addition, each of them was sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles.

On the evening of December 30, an unauthorized opposition rally took place on Manezhnaya Square in support of the Navalny brothers. According to media reports, about 1 thousand people gathered on the street under police control. The crowd also chanted pro-Ukrainian slogans “Glory to Ukraine!” There were several arrests. In particular, on the approach to Manezhnaya Square, Alexei Navalny himself was detained, who, having violated the regime of detention under house arrest, arrived at the rally.

In February 2015, the Russian media reported that opposition leader Alexei Navalny has a cousin in Ukraine who is actively engaged in anti-Russian activities.

Earlier, in the summer of 2013, Ukrainian journalists from the Vesti publication discovered relatives of the disgraced blogger in Ukraine during the elections in Moscow in the summer of 2013. It turned out that the brother of Navalny’s father, Ivan Navalny, and his wife Lyubov live in the city of Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky.

Marina Navalnaya- the daughter of the oppositionist’s uncle and his cousin - turned out to be a very active representative of the anti-Russian propaganda front deployed in Ukraine. He is a city deputy of four convocations of the notorious "People's Party" of Ukraine.

Alexey Navalny- lawyer, public and political figure. Creator and head of the anti-corruption project "RosPil".

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Biography of Alexei Navalny

Education

In 1998 Graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN). In 2001Graduated from the Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation with a degree in securities and stock exchange business.

Awards and prizes

In 2009, Alexey Navalny became one of the six “persons of the year” according to the Vedomosti newspaper.

Became a laureate of the Finance magazine award in the nomination “For the protection of the rights of minority shareholders” based on the results of 2009.

Alexei Navalny's blog on LiveJournal became the winner in the category "Best blog of a politician or public figure" of the "Runet Blog 2011" competition.

In 2011, he became “Politician of the Year” according to the Vedomosti newspaper.

Personal life of Alexei Navalny

Alexey Navalny is married and has two children.

Labor and social activities

• From 2000 to 2007 he worked in the Yabloko party. He took part in election campaigns at various levels as a lawyer for election headquarters.
• From April 2004 to February 2007, he headed the apparatus of the Moscow regional branch of the RUDP "". He was a member of the Federal Council of the Yabloko Republican Democratic Party.
• In 2004, he founded and became one of the leaders of the social movement “Committee for the Defense of Muscovites.”
• In 2005, he became one of the organizers of “Political Debates” - an alternative debate project for opposition politicians.
• In 2007, he co-founded the national democratic movement “People”.
• In 2009, he served as adviser to the governor of the Kirov region.
• In December 2010, he announced the creation of the RosPil Internet project to combat corruption and abuses in public procurement. The following year he created the projects “RosYama”, in 2012 - “RosVybory” and “RosZhKH”.

Criminal prosecution of Navalny

• In 2013, Alexey Navalny was convicted under the so-called "". The oppositionist and public figure was found guilty and sentenced to 5 years in a general regime colony and a fine of 500 thousand rubles for theft of company products worth 16 million rubles. Alexey Navalny was taken into custody in the courtroom, however, the next day, at the request of the prosecutor's office, he was released on his own recognizance.

On February 28, 2014, the Basmanny Court of Moscow sent Alexei Navalny under house arrest until April 28. During house arrest, the oppositionist is prohibited from leaving or changing his place of registration, communicating with anyone other than relatives and lawyers, receiving parcels, using the Internet, giving comments or making any statements.

The preventive measure for Alexei Navalny was changed during the investigation into the case of theft of funds from the Yves Rocher company, at the request of the investigators. They considered that the oppositionist had repeatedly violated the rules of being under recognizance not to leave by traveling to the territory of the Moscow region. Navalny himself stated that he was allowed to visit the Moscow region.

On December 30, 2014, the Navalny brothers were sentenced in the Yves Rocher case. Alexey Navalny again received a suspended sentence of 3.5 years in prison. His brother Oleg, who owned a processing company that, according to investigators, unreasonably inflated prices for services, received 3.5 years in prison in a general regime colony. The brothers must also pay a fine of 4.8 million rubles.

Alexei Navalny Foundation

The Foundation is a non-profit organization founded by Alexei Navalny to fight corruption in Russia. Among the fund's projects: "RosPil" to combat corruption and abuse in the field of public procurement, "RosYama", "RosVybory", "RosZhKH", DMP and "Olympiad". Website of the Alexei Navalny Foundation: http://fbk.info/

Contacts

Website: www.navalny.ru

Navalny's Twitter: https://twitter.com/navalny

Blog in LiveJournal: navalny.livejournal.com

Nowadays Alexei Navalny is known as a politician and an active public fighter against corruption. Personifying the non-systemic opposition of Russia, Alexey Anatolyevich leads the project “ RosPil", is the author of a political blog on LiveJournal, which is considered one of the highest rated. His biography is replete with criminal cases and scandals, and the population has ambivalent attitudes towards him: some are sure that he is an ordinary populist who seeks to deceive the people through an aggressive mood against political parties and government bodies, but for others, Navalny is modern superhero, defending the ideas of justice and truth. What is hidden behind the mask of an activist, in what atmosphere did the future politician grow up, and what kind of family did he create?

Alexei Navalny: biography

Alexey Anatolyevich Navalny is a politician and public figure who positions himself as an investment activist who investigates corruption in Russia. He is the founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, a former member of the board of directors. Aeroflot", encroached on the presidency, but was not registered due to numerous arrests.

early years

Alexey Navalny is a native of a military town Butyn in the Moscow region. Father - Anatoly Ivanovich, born in the Chernobyl region, is a graduate of the Kyiv Military School. Mother - Lyudmila Ivanovna, born in a village near Zelenograd, a graduate of the State University of Management, previously worked at a research institute as a laboratory assistant, producing microelectronics, and later her activities were associated with a woodworking factory. Grandfather - Ivan Tarasovich, carpenter, grandmother - Tatyana Danilovna. Both worked in Zalesye on the local collective farm all their lives; until 1986, their grandson came to them every summer.

Growing up in a military family caused frequent moves and a lack of childhood friends. Arnold Schwarzenegger was Navalny's idol, both in childhood and now. The young man graduated from the Alabino school in 1994 and intended to enter Moscow State University, but he lacked one point and the choice fell on Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Faculty of Law. In 1999, Alexey Navalny entered the Financial Academy and three years later graduated from the Faculty of Finance and Credit, receiving a diploma in “Securities and Exchange Business.”

About ten years later, in 2010, Alexey Navalny was recommended as a fellow for the Yale University program Yale World Fellows, which involves the annual selection of 15 gifted people from third world countries for the purpose of six months studying global problems of society.

Career and business

Alexei Navalny's business career began during his student years.

1. OOO " Nesna", offering hairdressing services, was founded by a student back in 1997.
2. Soon the company was sold, and in the same year Alexey Navalny created LLC Allect" In this company, he held the position of deputy director for legal issues and at the same time conducted business in the development company ST-group.
3. In 1998 to 1999, Navalny’s activities were related to issues of antimonopoly legislation, currency control and real estate.
4. 25% of the authorized capital of Kobyakovskaya Wicker Factory LLC belongs to Navalny, as a participant in the family business.
5. In 2000, Alexey Navalny, together with colleagues from the law faculty, opened the company “ N.N. Securities", where he held the position of chief accountant. The activities of the company itself were related to trading securities on the stock exchange. Navalny himself admits that the game at that period of his life drew him in, and he lost what little he had. As a result, the company was ruined.
6. In 2001 In 2009, Navalny co-founded a freight transportation company, Euro-Asian Transport Systems LLC.

Political career

The political career of Alexei Navalny is no less bright and active.

1. In 2000, Navalny became a member of the Federal Political Council of the party " Apple", 2004-2007 - head of the regional department. Expelled from the party for nationalist activities in 2007.
2. He has been the founder of public organizations and projects since 2006, including “Police with the People”, “Committee for the Protection of Muscovites”, “Union of Minority Shareholders”, “Political Debates”. Youth movement "YES!" organized jointly with Natalia Morar and Maria Gaidar. Participation in the “Urban Planning Chronicles” program as a presenter increased his recognition; he also acted as the chief editor of “Fight Club” on TVC.
3. In 2009, Navalny collaborated with Nikita Belykh as a freelance adviser to the governor of the Kirov region.
4. In 2013, Navalny ran for mayor of Moscow and took second place, competing with Sergei Sobyanin. During this period, Alexey Navalny became the head of the Central Council of the political association “Party of Progress”.
5. In 2016, Alexey Navalny began a struggle for presidential power, which ended in defeat because registration did not take place.

Moscow mayoral elections

In 2013, Alexey Navalny was nominated as a candidate for mayor of Moscow as part of early elections. The head of the election headquarters was Leonid Volkov, Ural politician. Registration documents were submitted to the Moscow City Election Commission on July 10, and a week later Alexei Navalny was officially registered. His political reform was aimed at ensuring that the townspeople had the opportunity to immediately remove him from his post and start electing a new mayor if Alexey Anatolyevich did not cope well with his duties.

During the election campaign, it turned out that Alexey Navalny is the founder of the company MRD COMPANY, which is engaged in construction work in Montenegro. The legislation clearly regulates the fact that candidates must provide complete information about their own foreign assets, property and income. Leonid Volkov, the head of the election headquarters, tried to refute the information, saying that Alexei Navalny did not know about the registration of the company and in general the website of the Montenegro tax service was hacked. Montenegro, in turn, killed these attempts in the bud, declaring that the site was not hacked, and all the founders of the company signed their signatures and were clearly notified of the creation of such. Moreover, since registration, the company has not carried out any activities and is not even registered.

Valentin Gorbunov, head of the Moscow City Election Commission, said that the possession of accounts and property abroad is prohibited for a candidate according to Russian law, but there is no direct ban. At the same time, he also claims that Alexei Navalny has neither securities nor accounts abroad. One way or another, in 2013, Navalny overtook in the election race Levichev, Degtyarev, Mitrokhin and Melnikov with 27.24% of the votes, but could not get ahead of the current mayor Sergei Sobyanin, who had 51.37%.

On the periphery of Moscow, Navalny received the least support, while in the central regions he gained the most trust. Alexey Navalny did not recognize Sobyanin’s victory, because he was sure that he received the decisive 1.37% through the use of administrative resources. Ideally, without this number of votes, there should have been a second round. A petition was filed with the Moscow City Court to review the results and discover violations, but the request was rejected on September 20.

Arrest and criminal cases

The administrative arrests of Alexei Navalny began with a speech at an authorized rally in 2011, which took place on Chistoprudny Boulevard. Muscovites were unhappy with the results of the State Duma elections and blamed " United Russia"in falsification. The rally was followed by an unauthorized march to the Russian Central Election Commission, where Alexei Navalny was detained by the police, after which he was sentenced to 15 days for an administrative violation.

« March of Millions»

Alexey Navalny received the next 15 days on May 9, 2012, when he took part in a public event on Kudrinskaya Square. The festivities represented a massive sign of protest against the earlier crackdown “ Million March" This arrest was appealed to the European Court of Human Rights.

Criminal case Kirovles

There was a criminal case against Alexei Navalny established in 2011 according to Art. Art. 165 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, according to which Vyacheslav Opalev, director of the State Unitary Enterprise Kirovles, was misled by Navalny in collaboration with businessman Pyotr Ofitserov, owner of the Vyatka Forestry Company. As a result, Opalev signed a contract that was unfavorable for himself and suffered losses in the amount of 16 million rubles. Navalny himself, in turn, claims that the criminal case was actually initiated due to the fact that he had previously been able to achieve a full audit of Kirovles and the dismissal of Opalev for committing fraud in the sale of timber. There was a criminal case discontinued 2012 April 10 due to lack of evidence of a crime.

Later the so-called criminal case Kirovles was resumed and in 2013, on July 18, Alexei Navalny was sentenced to 500 thousand rubles. fine and five years in prison. Ofitserov was given a similar fine and 4 years in prison. The next day, both were released on their own recognizance as part of the appeal hearing. The fines were upheld and errors were found in the convictions. In 2016, the violation of the rights of the accused was confirmed by the ECHR, but at the end of the year the criminal case was resumed again, and the charges were similar. The sentence was condemned on the same day by the ECHR, since the true goal was to exclude Alexei Navalny from the Russian political process.

Administrative arrests before the 2018 elections

In 2016, Navalny shared his intention to take part in the fight for the presidency and campaign headquarters were opened throughout Russia, mainly in large cities. In March 2017, Navalny released the results of an investigation into a “multi-level corruption scheme” in the form of a film “ He's not Dimon for you" As a result of the investigation with the participation of Dmitry Medvedev, in 2017, three weeks later, rallies of many thousands were held, the purpose of which was to obtain answers from Medvedev regarding the contents of the previously released video.

On March 26, Navalny himself was detained again and arrested for 15 days for resistance. The fine for organizing a rally was 20 thousand rubles. The second wave of rallies hit Russia on June 12, 2017, and Navalny was arrested at his own entrance. This time he was detained for 30 days. The presence of a criminal record in the Kirovles case was the reason for the refusal to register for the presidential elections.

Navalny Foundation

The Anti-Corruption Foundation, called the Navalny Foundation, was created by Alexei Anatolyevich in 2011. The fund was formed as a non-profit organization whose goal is to raise funds in an honest and transparent manner to identify illegal schemes in the public procurement system.

Funds are collected transparently and publicly to finance the RosPil project. A significant part of the money is raised through the use of the payment system " Yandex money" The fund employs professional economists and lawyers who identify illegal schemes. The structure is focused on creating local situations in which the state apparatus will feel pressure from society. The creators are convinced that such an organization will soon have every chance of becoming an alternative to the current system of public administration, while the activities of the structure are in no way connected with an attack on the state. The main interest of the participants lies in the durability and resilience of all branches of the state apparatus, but total pressure on officials will benefit the entire country.

Personal life

Against the backdrop of a scandalous political career, Alexei Navalny’s personal life does not look so remarkable.

Alexei Navalny's wife

In 1999, Navalny met his future wife at a resort in Turkey. For more than 15 years Julia endures all the consequences of her spouse’s political activity, but supports him in his aspirations. Friends and colleagues claim that the family is strong and happy. The spouses claim that all this is due to the delimitation of spheres of influence. Despite the fact that Yulia supports her husband’s political views, she does not give advice on work, just as Alexey does not interfere in raising children and running the household.

Children of Alexei Navalny

The couple are raising two children - Zahara and Daria, lives in a panel house in the Moscow region in the Maryino area. The area of ​​an economy class apartment is about 80 square meters. As of 2016, the politician owned a Hyundai car and a VAZ-21083, his wife drives a Ford. According to official data, Navalny's annual income for 2012 was 9 million rubles. This information was made public during the election race for the right to become mayor of Moscow. At the end of 2016, the controversial politician announced that he intended to find rental housing that would be more suitable for a family with two grown children, who at that time lived in one room.