Alexey Navalny was born on June 4, 1976 in Butyn, in the Moscow region. His parents owned a basket weaving industry. At the moment, Alexey is also a co-owner of this factory. Navalny considers himself mostly Ukrainian, since, according to him, his relatives lived in Ukraine, but due to the Chernobyl accident at the nuclear power plant, they were forced to leave for Russia.
He graduated from several universities, including the prestigious Financial Academy in the Russian Federation. Alexey conducts political activities, creating “Anti-Corruption Foundation". He is known as a politician who vehemently investigated corruption cases. Below are 10 interesting facts about Alexey. You may also be interested in the article 5 secret palaces of Dmitry Medvedev.
Fact no. 1
In 2005, Alexei Navalny initiated the creation of a society movement under the abbreviation YES, which stands for Democratic Alternative. Along with Navalny, Natalia Morar and Maria Gaidar were seen among the creators.
Then, a year later, Navalny created a political organization “Political debate"Together with Gaidar and Sergei Kazakov. The project was created for the MPs to meet and discuss issues related to social and political problems.
Fact no. 2
In Russia, Alexey is known for his career "revelations»Large Russian companies such as Rosneft and Transneft, as well as Gazprom. He tracked their work, acquired shares in these companies. Moreover, their work extends to the external borders with Russia. Navalny earned a lot from his claims.
Fact no. 3
An important activity of Navalny was work in the Yabloko party from 2000 to 2007. However, Alexey was expelled from this party during a Bureau meeting in 2007 for causing damage in the political sphere to Yabloko.
But Aleksey himself commented on this situation in such a way that he was expelled due to the fact that he demanded the resignation of the leader of this political party.
Fact no. 4
In 2013, elections for the mayor of Moscow took place in the Russian capital, where Alexei Navalny was a representative of the party "RPR Parnas"and was nominated as a candidate. Navalny even gave an interview on the Moscow radio ECHO Moscow, where he expressed his goals in his political activities if he takes the post of Moscow mayor.
He said that the possibilities of local authorities will be greatly expanded, and the most basic concept of his political system is the ability of citizens, if dissatisfied, to immediately replace the mayor. But Alexei could not fulfill his plans in real life, as he took second place in the elections with 27% of the vote, losing the first to Sobyanin.
Fact number 5
In 2011, elections to the State Duma took place, which Alexei Navalny spoke about, implying that it was worth voting for all political parties except United Russia, calling the supporters of this party “thieves" and "crooks". On this occasion, after the elections were held, he held a rally, after which he was arrested for 15 days.
Fact no. 6
Alexey Navalny expressed his support for the party "People's Alliance" in 2012. This party opposed the fight against corruption. Navalny could not take shape as a member of this party, so as not to attract too much attention. The Russian Ministry of Justice rejected the application for registration of the party several times.
And only after the party changed its name to "Party of progress". However, it was subsequently liquidated by the Ministry of Justice of Russia due to the fact that it did not inspire confidence among the citizens and was not registered for six months in most constituent entities of Russia.
Fact number 7
Alexei Navalny played a large role in the sanctions against Russia by the West during the Crimean crisis. His article was published in a major New York newspaper, where Alexei talked about the nature of the sanctions to be imposed on Russia.
Among them: additional sanctions against Putin's acquaintances, confiscation of property from Russian businessmen.
Fact no. 8
Alexey Navalny has created two documentaries. One called "Gull»In 2015 with the investigation of the crimes of Yuri Chaik, which, by the way, not all were confirmed. In 2017, the documentary film “He's not Dimon for you»On the investigation of Dmitry Medvedev's corruption cases. The film raised a lot of noise among the townspeople; in this case, rallies took place throughout the country at the end of March.
Fact number 9
At the end of 2016, namely on December 13, Alexey Navalny announced that he was going to participate in the 2018 presidential elections. Already at the beginning of April 2017, there were 300,000 Internet users who voted for Navalny in support of his nomination as a candidate.
Fact number 10
In May 2011, Navalny launched a project to improve Russian roads, which certainly shows Alexei on the good side. The system will work in this way: Russian citizens can capture a piece of road that does not suit them with an indication of the address, after which a complaint is filed with the traffic police, and local authorities are obliged to react to this.
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