Alexei Navalny
Russian opposition leader (1976–2024)
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Alexei Anatolyevich Navalny was a Russian opposition leader, anti-corruption activist and political prisoner. He founded the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) in 2011. He was recognised by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience and was awarded the Sakharov Prize for his work on human rights.
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Russian journalists accused of working with Navalny jailed for more than five years eachFour Russian journalists accused of working with the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison each.Sky News - Published | |
Navalny's widow pays tribute on anniversary of his death - as supporters help choose design for tombstone The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says she has thought about him every day since his death exactly a year ago.Sky News - Published | |
Navalny's lawyers sentenced to years in Russian penal colony Three lawyers for the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been sentenced to years in a Russian penal colony.Sky News - Published | |
Russian court orders Yulia Navalnaya's arrestA Moscow court has issued an arrest warrant for Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny.Sky News - Published | |
Mourners mark Navalny's birthday at graveside memorialDozens of Alexei Navalny supporters have visited his grave to lay flowers and pay tribute to the late Kremlin critic on what would have been his 48th birthday.Sky News - Published | |
Russian journalists jailed over alleged work for Alexei Navalny groupTwo Russian journalists could face at least two years in prison after they were arrested on "extremism" charges, accused of working for a group founded by the late Russian opposition politician..Sky News - Published | |
Russian priest demoted after holding Navalny memorial serviceA Russian priest who held a memorial service for the late opposition leader and Vladimir Putin critic Alexei Navalny has been suspended from clerical duties for three years by the head of the country's..Sky News - Published | |
Posthumous memoir written by Alexei Navalny to be publishedA memoir written by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny before his death will be published later this year.Sky News - Published | |
Barred opposition candidate says not crossing Russia's 'red lines' has kept him out of prisonA Russian opposition politician who was barred from running in the presidential election has told Sky News he will not meet the same fate as Alexei Navalny because he does not cross political "red..Sky News - Published | |
Navalny ally attacked with hammer outside his homeA long-time ally of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been attacked with a hammer near his home in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius.Sky News - Published | |
Alexei Navalny's widow urges Russians to protest on election dayYulia Navalnaya has suggested Russians should write Alexei Navalny's name on their voting ballots and urged them to protest at the upcoming elections.Sky News - Published | |
Navalny's mother lays flowers at his grave a day after Moscow funeralAlexei Navalny's mother and mother-in-law have laid flowers at his grave in Moscow the day after thousands of people attended his funeral in a public show of defiance.Sky News - Published | |
Navalny's funeral lifts spirits as many feared hope died with Russian opposition leaderIt is hard to grasp that Alexei Navalny is gone.Sky News - Published | Navalny funeral shows there are still people in Russia standing against the regimeIt is exactly what the Kremlin did not want - for tens of thousands of people to gather in Moscow to pay their respects to Alexei Navalny.Sky News - Published |
Thousands of Mourners Show Up For Alexei Navalny Funeral, Defy PutinAlexei Navalny -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's chief political rival – certainly didn't die in vain as illustrated by these emotional images from his Friday funeral in Moscow. Navalny was..TMZ.com - Published | Crowds chant and clap as Navalny's hearse arrives for his funeralThousands of people have gathered in Moscow for Alexei Navalny's funeral despite the risk of arrest - with a large crowd clapping and chanting his name as his body was carried inside the church.Sky News - Published |
Protest on election day, Navalny ally urges RussiansAn ally of Alexei Navalny has urged Russians to turn out in big numbers next month to protest in his memory.Sky News - Published | Navalny 'was set to be part of prison swap' before he died, claims allyAlexei Navalny was set to be freed as part of a prisoner swap when he died, one of his allies has claimed.Sky News - Published |
Navalny interview is a damning indictment from beyond the graveAfter the fall of communism, Russia faced a choice between growing authoritarianism and kleptocracy or more freedom, democracy and ultimately prosperity.Sky News - Published | Navalny describes 'corrupt officials' in London helping Putin in never-before-seen interviewAlexei Navalny once hit out at the "corrupt officials" living in London who allegedly help Vladimir Putin's regime stash dirty money, Sky News can reveal.Sky News - Published |
Navalny's body released to his mother after she refused to negotiate over funeral ultimatumThe body of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been handed over to his mother, his spokesperson Kira Yarmysh has said.Sky News - Published | Navalny's widow accuses Putin of 'fake' faith for refusing to return bodyAlexei Navalny's widow has demanded the release of his body for burial as she accused Vladimir Putin of "torturing" her husband in death as he had in life.Sky News - Published |
Navalny's mother 'given three-hour ultimatum' over son's funeralAlexei Navalny's mother has said she was given an ultimatum to agree to a secret funeral within three hours or else her son would be buried at prison.Sky News - Published | Hundreds of new sanctions slapped on Russia after Alexei Navalny's deathHundreds of new sanctions have been placed on Russia by the US and the EU on the eve of the second anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine and a week after Alexei Navalny's death.Sky News - Published |
Navalny's mother sees son's body and accuses Russia of forcing secret funeral without mournersAlexei Navalny's mother has said she has seen the body of her son - and that officials are trying to force her to hold a private burial ceremony without mourners.Sky News - Published | Alexei Navalny's widow has X account suspendedAlexei Navalny's widow Yulia Navalnaya has had her account suspended on social media platform X.Sky News - Published |
Russia denies claims that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with novichokRussia has denied claims made by Alexei Navalny's widow that he was poisoned by the nerve agent novichok.Sky News - Published | Who is Alexei Navalny's wife Yulia - and can she take his place as Russia's next opposition figure?Three days after her husband's death, Alexei Navalny's widow called on her fellow Russians to "use every opportunity" to fight against Vladimir Putin's regime.Sky News - Published |
