What did the opposition get in 2012?

What he did: Launched the Internet meme “party of swindlers and thieves” in the context of the United Russia party. On December 5, 2011, the day after the elections, Navalny spoke at a rally on Chistoprudny Boulevard. After its completion, he, along with hundreds of others, took part in a spontaneous march to the building of the Central Election Commission, was detained by the police and sentenced to 15 days. He took part in all the “white ribbon” rallies. At the “March of Millions” I organized a sit-in with Sergei Udaltsov, demanding that the Ministry of Internal Affairs free the area for the rally. The square was not cleared, and clashes occurred with riot police. At the last banned rally “Freedom March” at the Solovetsky Stone on Lubyanka, he was detained by the police. Navalny is one of those who initiated the creation of the Opposition Coordination Council.

What I received: In February 2012, the National Reserve Bank of Alexander Lebedev nominated Alexei Navalny as a candidate for the board of directors of Aeroflot . On May 29, the head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, spoke sharply about Navalny and was indignant that the case against him (it was called the “Kirovles case” ) was closed. Immediately after Bastrykin’s speech, the case was resumed. On July 31, Navalny was charged under Article 160 Criminal Code ("Misappropriation or embezzlement").

On December 14, the day before the next mass opposition rally, the Investigative Committee opened another case against Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg - now on the fact of “fraud committed by an organized group on an especially large scale.” Searches were carried out.

On December 24, the Investigative Committee posted information on its website that materials on the theft in 2007 of funds belonging to the political party "Union of Right Forces" by the Navalny-led Allekt company were allocated for separate proceedings. The case was initiated under Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Fraud”).