Here are 10 dates in his fight Alexei Navalnyof Russian oppositionist, against Vladimir Putin. Navalny died today in the Arctic prison where he was serving a 19-year sentence, according to prison authorities.

– 2007: shareholder in public companies –

Having a degree in commercial law, Mr Navalny started buying shares in companies that are not 100% owned by the state since 2007 to access their financial data and demand transparency.

The same year was excluded by the liberal opposition party Yabloko.

On the Rospil website, has been monitoring corruption in governance since 2010.

– 2011: head of anti-Putin protests—

In the winter of 2011, puts himself in charge of the movement that disputes the parliamentary elections, which the ruling party won. For the first time since Putin came to power in 2000, these gatherings have been so extensive. The are imposed on him first prison sentences and establishes the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).

– July 2013: trial for fraud –

He was sentenced to five years in prison on July 18, 2013 for embezzlement of money at the expense of Kirovles, a logging company in the Kirov region (west).

Denouncing a politically motivated processhe was given a suspended sentence on appeal.

– September 2013: Candidate in Moscow –

He became the face of the opposition with 27.2% of the vote in the Moscow mayoral election in September 2013 against the outgoing mayor who was from Putin’s entourage.

Two years later, his party, the Progress Party, was outlawed.

– 2017: charges against Medvedev –

In an investigation posted on YouTube, he blames Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev that he heads a real estate empire financed by oligarchs.

– 2018: ban on participating in the presidential elections –

In 2018, he is stepping down as a presidential candidatebut the electoral commission rejects his candidacy due to his conviction in the Kirovles case.

– August 2020: poisoning –

On the 20th of August 2020, arrives one step before death. Hospitalized in a serious condition in Siberia, he is transferred to a coma in Berlin, at the request of his own people.

On September 2, Berlin concludes that it was to Novitchok nerve agent poisoning.

Navalny blames Putin. “unacceptable” for Moscow.

– January 2021: arrested and imprisoned –

Returning to Russia after his recovery, he is arrested upon landing in Moscow on January 17, 2021. Tens of thousands of his supporters are demonstrating.

His surroundings make an important revelation about the palace that Putin is building on the shores of the Black Sea. The survey is garnering tens of millions of views on YouTube. The president denies it.

On February 2, justice turns his former suspended sentence for “fraud” into two and a half years in prison. He is sent to a penal colony, 100 km east of Moscow.

In his support demonstrations, the authorities arrest 10,000 people. His anti-corruption organization FBK is closed on charges of “extremism”.

– March 2022: 9 years in prison –

On October 20, 2021, he receives the Zakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.

In Russia, he is listed as a “terrorist and extremist”.

Having been found guilty of “fraud” and “contempt of court”, he was sentenced on March 22, 2022 to nine years in prison and transferred to a prison 250 km east of Moscow, from where he denounced the invasion of Ukraine.

– August 2023: new sentence –

On 4 August 2023, he was sentenced to 19 years in prison for “extremism”.

On December 25, his spokeswoman announced that he had been transferred to a penal colony in the Arctic. He assures the next on social media that he is fine.

On February 1, he called for demonstrations across Russia during presidential elections on March 15-17, which are expected to allow Vladimir Putin to stay in power until at least 2030.