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
Navalny live on air, Siluanov on pensions, strikes in Belarus
Alexei Navalny, recovering from poisoning, appears live on his weekly show, which this time is being hosted for him by Lyubov Sobol. He talks about his recovery after the poisoning, his intention to return to Russia, and places personal responsibility on Vladimir Putin, linking what happened—and the
Twitter day. 3 September 2020
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
Twitter day. 7 May 2020
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
Twitter day. 10 March 2020
Parasites
Twitter day. 30 January 2020
Prime Minister Mishustin’s Secret Billions
Twitter day. 4 December 2019
Twitter day. 2 December 2019
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
Alexei Navalny interviewed by blogger Stalingulag
An unusual interview in which Alexei, together with blogger Alexander Gorbunov (Stalingulag), tests Moscow’s so-called “accessible environment” while moving around in wheelchairs. Against a backdrop of endless curbs and broken elevators—on which the city administration spent billions of rubles—they
Twitter day. 24 April 2019
Bentleys, Palaces, Murders: How the North Caucasus Works
An Official’s Apartment Worth 5 Billion Rubles (about US$54 million)
Twitter day. 13 December 2018
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
Twitter day. 26 April 2018
Twitter day. 15 February 2018
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