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
I called my would-be killer. He confessed.
In this video, Alexei Navalny personally calls one of the members of the FSB-controlled hit squad — chemist Konstantin Kudryavtsev — and, posing as an aide to Nikolai Patrushev, gets him to confess to what he did. The FSB officer’s account of how Novichok was used not only definitively proved the Kr
“The Case Is Solved. I Know Who Tried to Kill Me.” — Investigation into Navalny’s Poisoners
The Case Is Solved. I Know Who Tried to Kill Me. is one of Alexei Navalny’s most important investigations. In it, Navalny identifies the FSB officers who were involved in the attempt on his life using the Novichok nerve agent. What Russian authorities sought to portray as a vague and unexplained “i
Hi, this is Navalny.
Alexei Navalny’s first video after the poisoning. He says that, despite pressure and aggressive statements from the Russian authorities, he intends to return to Russia and continue his work. He also states plainly that Russian President Vladimir Putin was behind the attempt on his life. In addition,
Who Captured Siberia’s Capital — and How to Free It
Alexei Navalny recorded this investigation during a trip to Siberia in 2020, after which he was poisoned with Novichok (a Soviet-developed nerve agent). Alexei dissects the “cozy” world of Novosibirsk’s corrupt officials. He describes the construction and funeral mafia from United Russia, which for
KHABAROVSK. The Secret Mansions of the Man Who Put Furgal Behind Bars
The text presents the situation in Khabarovsk Krai as a long-running conflict between the region’s residents and the Kremlin, beginning after Sergei Furgal’s victory in the September 2018 election and intensifying following United Russia’s defeats in subsequent elections. The author claims that Furg
Putin: the German Wehrmacht or our veterans?
In this video, recorded in June 2020 ahead of the vote on “resetting” Putin’s presidential terms, Alexei exposes the Kremlin’s cynicism in using the theme of the Great Patriotic War (the Soviet front of World War II) as a PR smokescreen. Using hard numbers, he shows that Russian veterans receive pen
5 Steps for Russia
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, Alexei Navalny recorded this video address to launch the large-scale public campaign “5 Steps for Russia.” He proposed a concrete plan to support citizens and businesses using money from the National Wealth Fund, including direct cash payments an
The Crimean Bridge. Stolen with Love!
In this 2020 investigation, Alexei Navalny exposes the dark side of the making of the patriotic blockbuster The Crimean Bridge, directed by Tigran Keosayan from a screenplay by his wife, Margarita Simonyan. It turned out that 100 million rubles in state budget funds had been allocated to this “gift
Parasites
The Secret Life of a Foreign Agent
In this video investigation, released in November 2019, Alexei Navalny exposes the astonishing hypocrisy of Denis Popov, who was Moscow’s prosecutor at the time. It was Popov who actively pushed for the arrest of participants in the Moscow protests and demanded that the ACF be designated a “foreign
URGENT: Putin Is Stamping His Feet. Raids Across the Country
In this video, recorded on a phone in September 2019, Alexei Navalny speaks about an unprecedented wave of raids on campaign offices across the country — the Kremlin’s response to the success of “Smart Voting” in the Moscow City Duma elections. With his characteristic irony, Alexei explains why Vlad
We won
In this video, recorded the day after the regional elections in September 2019, Alexei Navalny celebrates the first major success of the “Smart Voting” strategy. After independent candidates were cynically barred from running and the summer protests in Moscow were brutally suppressed, this campaign
A major new project: launching a fight for your salary
In this video, released on the channel in January 2019, Alexei Navalny announces the launch of an important new project — “Navalny’s Trade Union.” The initiative is aimed at fighting for decent pay for millions of Russian public-sector workers: teachers, doctors, and scientists, whom the state cynic
Which of them is bleeding the National Guard dry?
In this video investigation from August 2018, Alexei Navalny speaks directly to rank-and-file National Guard troops to show how brazenly they are being robbed by their own leadership. He exposes a corruption scheme under which, by decision of Dmitry Medvedev, a Crimean meat-processing plant became t
Alexei Navalny’s Nomination
A recording of Alexei Navalny’s historic speech at a meeting of the initiative group in Moscow on December 25, 2017, where he was officially nominated as a presidential candidate. The event marked the culmination of his large-scale nationwide campaign, which energized the regions and seriously alarm
Alexei Navalny’s speech at his nomination for president of Russia
Unboxing a 10-billion-ruble gadget
In this video from November 2017, Alexei Navalny gives an ironic unboxing of an “innovative” phone case with a second screen made by a Rosnano subsidiary. Anatoly Chubais personally gave Alexei this non-working gadget during their debate, trying to prove the greatness of Russian technology. Using th
Vladimir Solovyov’s apartments, country house, and Italian villa
At the height of his presidential campaign in the fall of 2017, Alexei Navalny released his now-legendary investigation into the Kremlin’s chief propagandist, Vladimir Solovyov. Alexei vividly shows how fervent love for Putin and hatred of the West are monetized into luxury apartments in Moscow, an
A look at what the Rotenberg brothers have amassed
In this video, Alexei Navalny and Georgy Alburov show the lavish palaces of Putin’s judo friends, the Rotenberg brothers, to the very people whose money paid for them—ordinary Russian truck drivers. Workers harmed by the introduction of the predatory Platon toll system personally assess the oligarch
A Response to Alisher Usmanov
Alexei Navalny’s video response to oligarch Alisher Usmanov, recorded in the spring of 2017 at the height of the presidential campaign. After the release of the investigation He Is Not Dimon to You about Dmitry Medvedev, the offended billionaire recorded a series of pompous video addresses featuring
Don't Call Him Dimon
A legendary investigation in which Alexei Navalny exposes Dmitry Medvedev’s multi-billion-dollar empire, hidden behind a facade of “charitable” foundations. With his trademark humor, Alexei shows how ordinary online sneaker orders helped uncover palaces, yachts, and vineyards in Tuscany gifted to “D
Time to Choose: Alexei Navalny Is Running for President of Russia
In this historic video from December 13, 2016, Alexei Navalny announces his decision to run for president of Russia. He speaks openly about the things the Kremlin had kept silent about for years: staggering social inequality, a broken court system, and the total corruption of government officials. T
Who Funds Navalny
In this video, released in the fall of 2016, Alexei Navalny very openly, with the numbers to back it up, debunks the Kremlin propaganda’s favorite myth about “State Department funding.” He explains in detail how the ACF crowdfunding system works, why regular donations of 500 rubles from ordinary Rus