On February 16, the FSIN Office reported the death of Alexei Navalny. “Cold” recalls Navalny’s path from the activist of Yabloko and the leading political debate to the chief opposition, who gave hope for “beautiful Russia of the future” to millions of Russians.
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The political career of Alexei Navalny began in the zero. In 2000, he joined the Yabloko party, and in 2006, he coordinated the Political Debats project. In the photo on the left of Navalny, Dmitry Belykha and Maxim Kononenko, Irina Khakamada and Alexei Chadaev, is modifying the debate of Dmitry Belykh and Maxim Kononenko. 2006. Photo: Valery Gorokhov In 2007, Navalny was excluded from Yabloko for the “Political Damage of the Party”. In parallel with activism, Navalny (education lawyer) led lawyer practice. In the photo, he poses in his office on March 17, 2010. Photo: Alexander Zemlyanichenko / AP / Scanpix In 2011, after mass falsifications in the State Duma elections throughout Russia, thousands of protests were held. In the photo, Alexey Navalny performs at a rally at pure ponds in Moscow on December 5, 2011. Photo: Anton Golubev / Reuters / Scanpix For participation in the promotion, Navalny was first arrested for 15 days. Photos: Anton Golubev / Reuters / Scanpix and Denis bruises / Reuters / Scanpix Protests lasted many months. Alexei Navalny became one of the opposition leaders and participated in rallies in St. Petersburg (left, February 25, 2012) and in Moscow (on the right, March 5, 2012). Photo: Finistre Arnaud / ABACA / Shutterstock / Vida Press Alexei Navalny and his wife Julia on the “Million Marsh” - an opposition against the new term by Vladimir Putin. Moscow, May 6, 2012. Photo: Nikolai Vinokurov / Alamy / Vida Press The detention of Alexei Navalny on the Moscow promotions of 2012. Photo: Sergey Karpukhin / Reuters / Scanpix In 2013, the Kirovles case began. According to investigators, in 2009, Alexei Navalny, working as an adviser to the governor of the Kirov region Nikita Belykh, participated in the "embezzlement", organizing a deal to sell wood at low prices. The media and independent experts consider the case politically motivated. Navalny was found guilty and sentenced to five years in prison, later changing the sentence for a conditional term. In the photo Navalny at a court session and in breaks. Photo: Mitya Aleshkovsky / AP / Scanpix and Vasily Maximov / AFP / Scanpix In 2013, Alexei Navalny was allowed to participate in the elections of the mayor of Moscow. In the photo, Navalny appears to the voters on August 2, 2013. Photo: Sergey Ponomarev / Sipa / Shutterstock / Vida Press Alexey Navalny with his wife Julia during one of the last events of the election campaign. According to official estimates, Navalny took second place, gaining 27.24% of the vote. September 6, 2013. Photo: Sergey Ilnitsky / EPA / Scanpix Navalny on shares on the first anniversary of the death of Boris Nemtsov, who was killed in the center of Moscow right at the walls of the Kremlin on February 27, 2016. Photo: Valery Sharifulin / TASS / Scanpix Navalny after an attack by a pro -government activist who doused him with green. Moscow, April 27, 2017 photo: Evgeny Feldman / AP / Scanpix In 2016, Alexei Navalny announced that he would participate in the elections for the presidency of Russia, and in 2017 he began the election campaign. Photo on the left: Navalny performs in Astrakhan, October 22, 2017 (photo: Maxim Korotchenko / Alamy / Vida Press). On the right is the opening ceremony of the headquarters in Ivanovo, April 21, 2017. Photo: Vladimir Smirnov / TASS / Scanpix Alexey Navalny makes a speech at a meeting with his supporters in Moscow on December 24, 2017. Photo: Vasily Maksimov / AFP / Scanpix In March 2017, Alexei Navalny released a film-investigation about real estate of the former President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev. Soon after the publication, Navalny urged supporters to “take a walk” in the center of Moscow on March 26 (photo on the left: Evgeny Feldman / Navalny campaign / Anadolu Agency / Vida Press). After refusing to register a candidate in the presidential election, Navalny organized the action “Stuffing of voters” (photo on the right: January 28, 2018. Photo: Evgeny Feldman / AP / Scanpix). Alexey Navalny leaves the special receiver in Moscow after the term of the next administrative arrest has ended. October 14, 2018. Photo: Pavel Golovkin / AP / Scanpix Alexey Navalny performs at a rally. He demands to free the arrested protesters detained during the opposition demonstrations for honest elections to the Moscow City Duma. Moscow, September 29, 2019. Photo: Shamil Zhumatov / Reuters / Scanpix In 2020, Navalny was poisoned, his plane made an emergency landing in Omsk. In the photo of Navalny on a stretcher, they are immersed in an ambulance on the road to the airport. Family and close politicians organized its transportation to Germany to the Chalicge of Sharyit, which in the past has already treated the poisoning of other Russian oppositionists. August 22, 2020. Photo: Alexey Malgavko / Reuters / Scanpix Alexey Navalny with a family in Germany. Photo: Instagram Alexei Navalny While Navalny was treated in Germany, the Federal Penitentiary Service accused him of violating the conditions of a conditional term, and now he was threatened with real imprisonment. Despite the poisoning and threat of prison, on January 17, 2021, Alexei Navalny flew to Russia. In the photo, Navalny makes his way to his place before taking off to Moscow (Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP / Scanpix). Alexey and Julia Navalny at passport control at Sheremetyevo Airport, January 17, 2021. Photo: Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP / Scanpix Navalny was detained right at the airport (photo on the left: Sergey Bobylev / TASS / Scanpix). The Moscow City Court, at the request of the FSIN, replaced the conditional term of Navalny with a real conclusion (photo on the right: the press service of the Moscow City Court / TASS / Scanpix). After Alexei Navalny ended up in the colony, the authorities began to bring him new accusations and judge the old ones. Navalny was accused of “insulting a judge”, “slander against a veteran”, vandalism, and spending donations. In the photo on the left, Navalny, in the video, appears at the appeal in the case of the creation of an extremist community, according to which he was sentenced to 19 years in prison. September 26, 2023 (photo: Tatyana Makeeva / AFP / Scanpix). On the right - Navalny surrounded by lawyers on the announcement of the sentence on August 4, 2023 (photo: Alexander Zemlyanichenko / AP / Scanpix) Alexey Navalny appears in court the day before his death . February 15, 2024. Photo: Sotavision