A Russian opposition leader and politician, Alexei Navalny is the founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation and the face of resistance to the Kremlin around the world.

Navalny and his team publicized corruption investigations against state corporations and senior government officials. To advocate for reforms, he ran for political office, organizing Russians and leading demonstrations against the government. As a result he was blacklisted and barred from running in Russia’s 2018 presidential election.

In August 2020 Navalny was poisoned with a military nerve agent Novichok by the orders of the Russian authorities. He was flown to Germany for medical care where he spent a month in a coma, but survived.

In January 2021, he returned to Russia. Simultaneously, the Anti-Corruption Foundation released an investigation; Putin's Palace. History of World's Largest Bribe.

Navalny was arrested and imprisoned on fabricated charges, which were denounced by the European Court of Human Rights. He is currently serving 9 years in a maximum security prison.