Baby, you and I are just like in that song: cities between us, runway lights…
The last video of Alexei Navalny. His reaction to the court’s ruling in an administrative case at IK-3 Polar Wolf penal colony
This is the last video recording of Alexei Navalny, made on February 15, 2024—one day before news emerged of his killing at IK-3 Polar Wolf penal colony. Navalny took part by video link in a hearing of the Vladimir Regional Court on one of his lawsuits against the colony’s administration: even from
Twitter day. 3 August 2023
15 Points from a Russian Citizen Who Wants the Best for Their Country
Alexei Navalny: This is what a post-Putin Russia should look like
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is serving a nine-year sentence in a maximum-security penal colony. This essay was conveyed to The Post by his legal team.
The 100 Most Influential People of 2022: Vladimir Putin
Perhaps Vladimir Putin’s true mission is to teach lessons. To everyone — from world leaders and pundits to ordinary people. He has been especially good at this in 2022.
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What kind of platform do I have now? It’s not a platform—it’s the defendant’s bench.
The Man Putin Fears
On a cold morning in November, the family of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, made the trip out to visit him at Penal Colony No. 2. The drive from Moscow took about two hours, though parts of it felt like traveling back in time. Coming off the highway from Russia’s high-tech capital, t
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In His First Interview From Jail, an Upbeat Navalny Discusses Prison Life
Alexei’s first interview from prison, given to The New York Times in August 2021, a few months after his arrest and transfer to IK-2 in Pokrov (a penal colony in Russia). In it, he describes prison life in detail and with his trademark humor, comparing it to a “Chinese labor camp,” where the main fo
Twitter day. 20 August 2021
I love you.
Putin's Palace. The Story of the Biggest Bribe
"Putin's Palace. The Story of the Biggest Bribe" is an investigation by Alexei Navalny into a residence on the Black Sea near Gelendzhik. Step by step, the investigation shows how the residence is structured: the land, security, infrastructure, contractors, legal entities, and money flows leading to
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When I had just gotten out of the hospital, I used to do this exercise. The hardest thing for…
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Everyone complains so much about 2020, curses it so fiercely, that one thing becomes obvious to me: I…
Alexei Navalny’s broadcast with economist Sergei Guriev
A recording of an extensive conversation between Alexei Navalny and economist Sergei Guriev, made in December 2020—just a few weeks before his return to Moscow. While the Russian authorities were pretending there had been no Novichok poisoning, Alexei, in Germany, was laying out in detail how to bui
Twitter day. 21 December 2020