Description
Navalny was probably the second-best known Russian public figure of the twenty-first century (President Putin presumably holds first position). A lawyer by training, he became a dogged political activist for democracy, the rule of law and transparency, and against corruption and territorial expansion. In August 2020 he was on the campaign trail in Russia when he was poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent, eventually recovering in a Berlin hospital. Determined to continue his work he returned to Russia, was arrested on arrival, and imprisoned until he died.
