The poisoning of Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition activist, took place in Russia in August 2020.
Symptoms of poisoning appeared during Navalny’s flight from Tomsk to Moscow on August 20.
Chapter 1: The Airplane
He said he wasn’t feeling well, asked me for a napkin, sweated, asked me to talk to him because he wanted to focus on the sound of my voice. I talked to him, after which a water cart pulled up to us – I asked: “Will water help you?” and he said no. After that he went to the bathroom and passed out.
That day, Navalny drank only black tea in the cafe at the airport before takeoff.Kira Yarmysh told Ekho Moskvy
Passengers on the flight published video footage showing Navalny shouting
August 20, 2020 The plane requested an emergency landing at Omsk airport, and the runway was urgently cleared for the plane.
August 20, 2020 Right from the airfield, an ambulance took Navalny to the toxicology department of City Clinical Hospital #1.
Chapter 2: Toxicology Department of City Clinical Hospital No. 1
August 20, 2020 Navalny was placed on a ventilator
August 20, 2020 Navalny is in a coma, his press secretary Kira Yarmysh said.
August 20, 2020 A solitary picket began outside the hospital
August 20, 2020 Police and investigative committee officers came to the hospital
August 20, 2020 The deputy head doctor, Anatoliy Kalinichenko, said that doctors were working to save lives. Kalinichenko added that he would not disclose the diagnosis to journalists
August 20, 2020 Police officers demanded to inspect Navalny’s luggage and personal belongings
August 20, 2020 Yulia Navalnaya and Ivan Zhdanov arrived in Omsk
August 20, 2020 Hospital staff refused to let them see Navalny because “the patient did not consent to the visit”
August 20, 2020 The Kremlin wished Navalny a “speedy recovery”
August 20, 2020 Anti-Corruption Foundation lawyers demand a criminal investigation of attempted murder and encroachment on the life of a public figure
August 20, 2020 Employees of the Omsk hospital do not allow a politician to be transported to another facility.
They say transportation is impossible.
Ivan Zhdanov
August 20, 2020 Yulia Navalny was let into Alexei’s intensive care unit
August 20, 2020 Pickets in support of Navalny started in Russian cities
August 20, 2020 Detentions of participants of solitary pickets began
August 20, 2020 UN official expresses concern over Navalny situation
August 20, 2020 German and French heads of state at a joint conference announced their readiness to provide treatment to Navalny
August 21, 2020 The chief doctor of Omsk Hospital No. 1 reported that Navalny was untransportable
August 21, 2020 A transport police officer told the Omsk doctors about a substance that may have poisoned the politician
The head doctor says, “Well, they found it, and they found it”
Ivan Zhdanov
August 21, 2020 A medical plane from the Cinema for Peace Foundation flew out of Germany
August 21, 2020 Press secretary Kira Yarmysh said that Navalny’s supporters intend to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.
August 21, 2020 A plane from the Cinema for Peace Foundation landed in Omsk
Medics have not yet found traces of poison in the body of politician Alexei Navalny
Anatoly Kalinichenko, Deputy Chief Physician
Navalny slipped into a coma due to a metabolic disorder
Chief Physician Alexander Murakhovsky
August 21, 2020 Nabilla Massrali of the European Union Foreign Affairs Service called on Russia to send Navalny abroad for treatment
August 21, 2020 Yulia Navalnaya addressed Putin with a demand to release Navalny to Germany
— Alexey Navalny (@navalny) August 21, 2020
August 21, 2020 Doctors from the Berlin clinic were allowed into the hospital to assess Navalny’s condition, but were not allowed to meet Navalny’s relatives
August 21, 2020 The head doctor said that Navalny would stay in the hospital until his condition stabilizes
August 21, 2020 The European Court of Human Rights begins to consider the application of Navalny’s comrades-in-arms
“Putin told the head of the European Council that Navalny is ‘sick'”
Reuters reports
August 21, 2020 Omsk Doctors Announce Decision to Allow Navalny’s Transportation
August 22, 2020 Navalny was taken out of the Omsk hospital
August 22, 2020 The plane with Navalny took off from Omsk
Chapter 3: Berlin
August 22, 2020 The plane with Navalny took off from Omsk
August 22, 2020 Navalny was taken to the Charite clinic in Berlin
August 22, 2020 Navalny was given the status of “guest of the chancellor” with 24-hour security
No poisons were found in Navalny’s system, and alcohol and caffeine were found in his urine
Ministry of Health of the Omsk Region
Navalny doesn’t drink at all
Head of the Alliance of Doctors Anastasia Vasilyeva
August 22, 2020 The European Court of Human Rights ordered the Russian authorities to provide Alexei Navalny’s medical records to Yulia Navalnaya
August 24, 2020 Charite confirmed the poisoning of Navalny
August 24, 2020 The Omsk hospital said they could not find the poison in Navalny, which the Berlin doctors said was the cause of his poisoning
August 25, 2020 The Kremlin sees no reason to open a criminal case over the poisoning of Navalny
August 26, 2020 Head doctor of Omsk hospital asked Charite to provide data proving poisoning of Navalny
August 27, 2020 Interior Ministry starts inspection after poisoning of Navalny
August 27, 2020 The Prosecutor General’s Office could not find evidence of a crime in the poisoning of Navalny
August 28, 2020 Charite requested assistance from the German Defense Ministry and the British military laboratory Porton Down
September 1, 2020 Prosecutor General’s Office: Navalny and his companions were served three cups with different drinks in an airport cafe in Tomsk Press Secretary Kira Yarmysh admitted after Navalny was hospitalized that something could have been put in the drink, because Navalny only drank tea that day.
September 2, 2020 The German government claimed that Navalny was poisoned with a substance from the Novichok group
September 2, 2020 The Foreign Ministry called the statement of the German clinic Charite about the Novichok poisoning of Navalny “another information campaign against Russia.
September 2, 2020 The EU and Britain demanded to punish those responsible for the poisoning of Navalny
(1 of 3) “The United States is deeply troubled by the results released today. Alexei Navalny’s poisoning is completely reprehensible. Russia has used the chemical nerve agent Novichok in the past.
— NSC 45 Archived (@WHNSC45) September 2, 2020
I was informed by Chancellor Merkel that Russian opposition leader Navalny was attacked with a nerve agent, in his own country. This is a despicable and cowardly act - once again. Perpetrators need to be brought to justice.
— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) September 2, 2020
Deeply concerned that Alexey @navalny was poisoned by Novichok, a nerve agent used with lethal effect in the UK.
— Dominic Raab (@DominicRaab) September 2, 2020
The Russian government has a clear case to answer and we will work closely with our intn’l partners to see the perpetrators held to account.
September 3, 2020 Alexander Lukashenko said that Belarusian intelligence intercepted a conversation between “Berlin and Warsaw”. According to him, it follows from this conversation that “there was no poisoning of Navalny”
September 3, 2020 The press service of the German government called Lukashenko’s words “untrue”
The situation around Navalny is a planned action against Russia
Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin
September 3, 2020 The International Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons commented on the situation with Navalny.
September 4, 2020 Court dismisses Anti-Corruption Foundation complaint about inaction of Investigative Committee officials who failed to open a criminal case on Navalny’s poisoning
September 4, 2020 The Omsk hospital where Navalny was hospitalized announced that no poisons were found in his system
For a week before the poisoning, Navalny had been on a diet to lose weight, which caused the politician to have digestive problems
Alexander Sabaev, toxicologist at Omsk Hospital No. 1
September 4, 2020 Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev believes that there is no crime in the situation with opposition activist Alexei Navalny.
This was reported by Interfax
September 4, 2020 The Bundeswehr laboratory found a Novichok substance in samples of politician Alexei Navalny
This was reported by Der Spiegel
September 4, 2020 The “intercepted” KGB conversation between “Warsaw and Berlin” about the poisoning of Navalny has been published
This was reported by ont.by
September 5, 2020 Trump said he trusted Germany’s conclusions about Navalny’s poisoning
September 5, 2020 Russian Foreign Ministry: Western countries have been working on Novichok group substances for many years.
Over the years, specialists from many Western countries and specialized NATO structures have worked on the compounds included in this extensive group of chemical compounds. And in the USA, for example, more than fifteen hundred patents have been officially issued to developers of technologies of their combat application
September 6, 2020 German Foreign Ministry: Refusal of Russian authorities to investigate poisoning of Navalny will indicate their involvement in it
If the Russian side does not take part in solving the crime committed against Navalny, it will be another evidence of the involvement of the state
Maas
September 7, 2020 Navalny is taken out of an induced coma and disconnected from a ventilator
September 8, 2020 G7 foreign ministers called on Russia to bring those responsible for the poisoning of Navalny to justice The text of the statement was published on Twitter by journalist Steve Herman
#G7 statement on @navalny poisoning. pic.twitter.com/mZTXpKK8VB
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) September 8, 2020
September 14, 2020 German Government: French and Swedish laboratories confirmed the Bundeswehr’s conclusions about Navalny’s poisoning
September 15, 2020 Navalny posted the first photo after the poisoning on Instagram
Foreign secret services are behind the Navalny situation
Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin
September 21, 2020 Navalny demanded the return of his clothes taken at the Omsk hospital
September 23, 2020 Navalny was discharged from Berlin’s Charite clinic
September 25, 2020 Foreign Ministry accused the Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons of “exceeding authority” in the analysis of samples of Navalny
September 28, 2020 The Moscow City Court ruled that the refusal of the Investigative Committee to check the poisoning of Navalny was lawful.
This is reported by lawyers of Navalny’s team
October 1, 2020 Navalny gave his first interview to Spiegel magazine after coming out of his coma and talked about his poisoning and his plans to return to Russia.
Navalny is “given different instructions” by CIA specialists
President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov. This is reported in the telegram channel of Radio Mayak
October 6, 2020 The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) found traces of Novichok in the blood and urine of politician Alexei Navalny, according to its website
October 8, 2020 Lawyers of Navalny’s team filed an application with the Federal Security Service for the opening of a criminal case on the development, production, stockpiling, acquisition or sale of weapons of mass destruction (Article 355 of the Criminal Code) because of the poisoning of politician Alexei Navalny with “Novichok”. This is reported in the FBK Lawyers telegram channel.
October 8, 2020 The Interior Ministry reported that a bomb threat at Omsk airport, where the plane with Navalny was supposed to land, was sent from a German service
October 9, 2020 Alexander Murakhovsky, chief physician of the Omsk Emergency Medical Care Hospital No. 1, has been transferred to a new position. Novy Omsk reports
October 13, 2020 Anatoly Kalinichenko, deputy chief physician at Omsk Ambulance Hospital No. 1, who had been treating Navalny, resigned from the facility.
October 14, 2020 The European Union will impose sanctions against six Russian officials after the poisoning of Navalny. This was reported by the New York Times
November 6, 2020 The Russian Foreign Ministry issued two releases accusing Germany of refusing to cooperate in the Navalny case.
Moscow may consider quitting the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) if it loses all credibility
Vasily Nebenzia, Russia’s representative to the UN. Source: RIA Novosti
November 12, 2020 Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia will impose sanctions against France and Germany “in connection with Navalny.
The foreign minister said this on the air of Russia 24
November 18, 2020 FSB does not verify the use of chemical weapons in the poisoning of Navalny. Lawyers for Navalny’s team report this
November 25, 2020 The court ruled that the Federal Security Service’s refusal to check the use of chemical weapons in the poisoning of Navalny was legal
December 7, 2020 Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel discussed the poisoning of Navalny by telephone. Weiner Zeitung and Spiegel report this
December 14, 2020 Eight employees of FSB Institute of Criminalistics were involved in poisoning of Navalny. This is stated in the investigation of The Insider, Der Spiegel, Bellingcat, CNN and El Pais.
As for this patient in the Berlin clinic. I know, Peskov just told me yesterday about the latest fabrications on this subject regarding our secret service data. This is the legalization of American intelligence data
Vladimir Putin. Source: Russia 24
December 17, 2020 German Prosecutor’s Office interrogated Navalny at Russia’s request
Так. Судя по количеству сообщений в моем телефоне, Путин сказал что-то о расследовании про отравителей из ФСБ. Пока ничего не знаю - весь день был на допросе. Немецкая прокуратура допрашивала меня по запросу российских властей. Сейчас посмотрю, что там такое.
— Alexey Navalny (@navalny) December 17, 2020
December 22, 2020 Navalny called an FSB officer. New details emerged
December 24, 2020 The U.S. State Department accused the Russian secret services of poisoning Alexei Navalny.
It was reported by CNN
December 28, 2020 The Federal Penitentiary Service threatened Navalny with commutation of his suspended sentence to a real one after the publication about his recovery in the Lancet magazine. This was reported on the website of the Moscow department.
December 29, 2020 A criminal case was opened against Navalny for fraud. This is reported on the website of the agency.
January 12, 2021 The FSIN asked the court to replace Navalny’s suspended sentence with a real one.
Путин так взбешён тем, что я выжил после его отравления, что велел ФСИН идти в суд и требовать изменения моего условного срока на реальный. «В связи с совершением нового преступления». Это при том, что мой условный срок закончился 30 декабря. pic.twitter.com/7X4AtLkszt
— Alexey Navalny (@navalny) January 12, 2021
January 13, 2021 Navalny announced his return to Russia
January 14, 2021 The Investigative Committee refused to investigate the FSB officers whom Navalny believes were involved in the poisoning.
Navalny wrote about it in his blog
January 14, 2021 The Federal Penitentiary Service promises to detain Navalny after his return to Russia. RBC reports
January 16, 2021 Germany handed over to Russia the protocols of Navalny’s interrogation about his poisoning
Chapter 4: Return to Russia
January 17, 2021 Mass detentions took place at Vnukovo Airport, where Navalny’s plane was supposed to land
January 17, 2021 The plane with Navalny on board was diverted to Sheremetyevo Airport, where he was detained during passport control
January 18, 2021 Authorities in the United States, Germany, Estonia, Italy, Austria, Canada, Poland, the Czech Republic, France, Latvia, Lithuania, and Slovakia demanded Navalny’s release
January 18, 2021 They won’t let Navalny have a lawyer
January 18, 2021 The police held an on-site session at the city court, which extended Navalny’s detention by 30 days
Алексея из зала «суда» pic.twitter.com/Dqsa4x0qrz
— Кира Ярмыш (@Kira_Yarmysh) January 18, 2021
January 18, 2021 Navalny’s team announced rallies across the country on January 23
January 19, 2021 Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said that Navalny “betrayed the country” and “is being funded by foreign governments.
His speech was streamed on VKontakte
January 19, 2021 The Anti-Corruption Foundation published an investigation into Vladimir Putin’s palace near Gelendzhik.
January 20, 2021 Roskomnadzor demanded that TikTok remove calls to participate in protests
January 21, 2021 The Prosecutor General’s Office demanded to block websites with calls to participate in rallies. This is reported on the website of the agency.
January 21, 2021 European Parliament called on the EU to stop the construction of Nord Stream-2 because of the arrest of Alexei Navalny was published on the website of the parliament
January 22, 2021 Detentions of Navalny supporters begin
January 23, 2021 Protests began across the country in support of Navalny
Police beat and detained ordinary people and journalists
В Питере ОЧЕНЬ много людей pic.twitter.com/7pxQ3txZk6
— почему я не котенка (@kristinaboyar) January 23, 2021
На Пушкинской девушке разбили голову ударом дубинки pic.twitter.com/Ua4v5Et0fw
— Рустем Адагамов (@adagamov) January 23, 2021
January 24, 2021 Criminal proceedings were initiated against several participants of the rally
Nothing that is listed there as my property belongs to me or my close relatives and has never belonged to me. Ever.
Vladimir Putin about the Navalny investigation. Source: RBC
January 25, 2021 Navalny’s team announced new rallies across the country
January 26, 2021 The Ministries of Foreign Affairs of France, Germany, the USA, Italy, Canada, Japan, the UK, as well as the High Representative of the European Union Federica Mogherini condemned the arrest of politician Alexei Navalny and the mass detentions at the rallies in his support on January 23. This was reported on the website of the French Foreign Ministry.
January 26, 2021 U.S. President Joseph Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin and asked about the poisoning of Navalny
said on the White House website.
The Kremlin website, which also published information about the call, did not mention the poisoning.
January 27, 2021 Search in Navalny’s apartment.
This was announced by Ivan Zhdanov, director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation.
January 28, 2021 Moscow Prosecutor’s Office sent out warnings about the inadmissibility of posts calling for the participation of minors in an unsanctioned rally on January 31 to five Internet companies, such as: YouTube, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
This is reported on the website of the agency.
January 29, 2021 Law enforcers searched the homes of Navalny’s supporters, his relatives and opposition activists in Moscow
January 29, 2021 Leonid Volkov, the head of Navalny’s headquarters, was wanted on the case of bringing minors to rallies
January 29, 2021 Builders of “Putin’s Palace” called the building an “apartment hotel”.
Source: Russia 1
January 31, 2021 Protests in support of Navalny began all over the country.
Police brutally dispersed protesters across the country, with more people detained in Moscow and St. Petersburg than a week ago.
In several cities, subway stations were closed during the rallies. In St. Petersburg, as in Moscow, tasers and tear gas were used.
Beatings
The security forces beat the protesters with batons and kicked them.
In Chelyabinsk, protesters were beaten with truncheons during the crackdown, and a 65-year-old pensioner had her arm broken.
An activist from Ryazan was beaten to the point of breaking ribs and rupturing a lung.
Stun guns
The security forces used tasers en masse in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
February 2, 2021 Police detained participants of a rally in support of the politician outside the courthouse where Navalny’s sentence is to be announced
Нападение карателей на репортера Федора Худокормова. pic.twitter.com/tf7sIeGu9N
— Грани.Ру (@GraniTweet) February 2, 2021
February 2, 2021 Navalny was sent to prison for 2 years and 8 months
самый трогательный момент трансляции pic.twitter.com/X6ouJGqc2i
— Горохов (@grkhv) February 2, 2021
February 2, 2021 U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, and the German Foreign Office called for Navalny’s release
The United States is deeply concerned by Russia’s actions toward Aleksey Navalny. We reiterate our call for his immediate and unconditional release as well as the release of all those wrongfully detained for exercising their rights.
— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) February 2, 2021
AM @HeikoMaas: „Das Urteil gegen Alexej @Navalny ist ein herber Schlag gegen fest verbriefte Freiheitsrechte & Rechtsstaatlichkeit in #Russland. Der #EGMR hat dieses Verfahren bereits 2017 als willkürlich kritisiert. Alexej #Nawalny muss unverzüglich freigelassen werden.“
— Auswärtiges Amt (@AuswaertigesAmt) February 2, 2021
February 5, 2021 Navalny’s trial in the case of defamation of a World War II veteran started in the Babushkinsky District Court of Moscow.
The veteran’s neighbor, his nurse and grandson were questioned at the first hearing.
February 5, 2021 Navalny’s trial in the case of defamation of a World War II veteran started in the Babushkinsky District Court of Moscow.
The veteran’s neighbor, his nurse and grandson were questioned at the first hearing.
On June 2, 2020, Navalny posted an RT video about the constitutional amendments on his Telegram channel with the caption “Oh, here they are, the doves. We must admit that so far the team of corrupt lackeys looks weak. Look at them: they’re a disgrace to the country. People without a conscience.”
February 5, 2021 Rapper Noize MC told The Flow that representatives of Moscow’s VTB Arena refused to give him a concert because of his support for Navalny
February 8, 2021 YouTube blocked the video of Navalny’s call to the FSB officer; in the evening of the same day, the video became available again
February 9, 2021 Navalny’s team announced a new action on February 14. You just have to go outside with a flashlight
February 10, 2021 Member of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Maxim Reznik was turned off the microphone when he mentioned Navalny in his speech. This is reported by Znak.com
February 10, 2021 Yulia Navalnaya flew out of Russia, according to Interfax
Spiegel specified that Navalnaya flew to Germany on a “private visit
February 11, 2021 Rosreestr has replaced the name of the wife of alleged Navalny poisoner FSB officer Konstantin Kudryavtsev Irina Kudryavtseva with “Russian Federation” on the apartment statement.
This was brought to the attention of Open Media
February 12, 2021 Navalny’s defamation case against a veteran continues.
The court finished presenting the prosecution evidence and started examining the defense evidence.
The next hearing is scheduled for February 16
February 14, 2021 Rallies for Navalny “Love is stronger than fear” began
Прекрасный Санкт-Петербург, прекрасные люди! Спасибо вам! #любовьсильнеестраха pic.twitter.com/cFAd95p3z5
— Команда Навального (@teamnavalny) February 14, 2021
February 16, 2021 Day 3 of consideration of Navalny’s defamation case against a veteran.
The prosecutor asked that the politician be sentenced to a fine of 950 thousand rubles.
The judge postponed the hearing to 20 February
February 17, 2021 The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) demanded that the Russian authorities release politician Alexei Navalny. The ruling was published on the oppositionist’s blog.
February 18, 2021 Navalny posted on his Instagram that staff at the Matrosskaya Tishina pre-trial detention center had placed him on a preventive watch list as “prone to escape”
February 20, 2021 The court fined Navalny 850,000 rubles for defamation of a veteran
March 2, 2021 The EU imposed sanctions on Russian officials Bastrykin and Zolotov over the persecution of Navalny.
The document was published on the EU website.
March 2, 2021 The US Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions against the head of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov over the poisoning of politician Alexei Navalny. This is reported on the website of the agency.
March 3, 2021 Navalny said in a letter posted on his Instagram that he was in pre-trial detention center No. 3 in the Vladimir region
March 9, 2021 Rossreestr has replaced the names of Navalny’s alleged poisoner’s mother-in-law and son with “Russian Federation” in the apartment documents
This was brought to Open Media’s attention.
March 12, 2021 The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, which includes the heads of 47 countries, called on the Russian authorities to immediately release politician Alexei Navalny. This was stated in a decision adopted at a session on monitoring the implementation of high-profile ECtHR judgments.
March 15, 2021 Navalny was taken to Correctional Colony No. 2 in the Vladimir Region. Navalny confirmed on his Instagram
Western states and special services are behind this project
State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin commented on the “Smart Voting” project
March 24, 2021 Navalny’s health has been deteriorating sharply since the end of last week in penal colony No. 2 in the Vladimir region.
Leonid Volkov, the manager of Navalny’s headquarters, writes about this in his Telegram channel
March 25, 2021 Navalny said that he was reprimanded in the Vladimir penal colony for getting up 10 minutes earlier than he was supposed to.
The politician himself said this in a statement addressed to Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov, distributed by his supporters.
March 25, 2021 Yulia Navalnaya demanded that Putin release her husband
March 27, 2021 U.S. State Department urged Russian authorities to provide medical assistance to Navalny
We have seen the disturbing reports about Aleksey Navalny's worsening health in prison. We urge continued access for his lawyers and that he receive medical care. We reiterate our call for Russia to immediately and unconditionally release Mr. Navalny.
— Ned Price (@StateDeptSpox) March 26, 2021
March 30, 2021 French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a telephone conversation with President Vladimir Putin called for “keeping Navalny healthy. This was reported by Macron’s press service
March 31, 2021 Navalny went on a hunger strike.
He demanded to be examined by a doctor and treated for his leg and back pain that developed after his transfer from Moscow. His lawyers said that the prison doctor only prescribed him ibuprofen for the pain.
This was reported on his Instagram
April 5, 2021 Navalny said that his temperature rose to 38.1 and he had a severe cough.
Prisoners from his unit were hospitalized with tuberculosis.
The letter was posted on his Instagram page
April 13, 2021 Navalny said that he sued the management of Penal Colony No. 2 in Pokrovsk for not giving him the Koran. The letter was published on his Instagram page
April 16, 2021 More than 70 actors, writers, and musicians signed an open letter to President Vladimir Putin demanding that independent doctors be allowed into Navalny’s prison. It was published by the Economist and Le Monde
April 16, 2021 The Prosecutor’s Office filed a lawsuit demanding to recognize the Navalny and FBK headquarters as extremist
April 17, 2021 Navalny’s doctor, Anastasia Vasilyeva, pointed to elevated levels of potassium in the blood, one of the signs of renal failure
April 19, 2021 Roskomnadzor demanded that Navalny’s associates remove the video announcing new rallies
April 21, 2021 New protests took place across the country.
Detainees complained about beatings and the use of tasers during detention
April 22, 2021 Doctors asked Navalny to stop his hunger strike
They declare that “further hunger strike could cause a considerable harm to Navalny’s health and might lead to the most unfortunate outcome – death.
April 26, 2021 Prosecutor’s Office suspended the activity of Navalny’s headquarters until the decision on the extremism suit is made
April 27, 2021 Navalny sued the Moscow detention center “Matrosskaya Tishina” for being registered as “prone to escape”
April 29, 2021 Leonid Volkov reported the closure of Navalny’s headquarters
April 29, 2021 The Court of Appeal of Navalny’s case on defamation of a veteran. The verdict was upheld
April 29, 2021 The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against Alexei Navalny, Leonid Volkov and Ivan Zhdanov under Article 239 part 1 of the Criminal Code. This was reported on Navalny’s website
May 20, 2021 The Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Omsk region demanded 452 thousand rubles from Navalny supporters because of the policemen’s work at the January 23 action on their day off. This was reported by Olga Kartavtseva, former head of Navalny’s headquarters.
May 25, 2021 Navalny said that a criminal case was opened against him for insulting a judge.
It was reported on his Instagram account
June 9, 2021 The Moscow City Court declared the Anti-Corruption Foundation, its legal entity Citizens’ Rights Protection Fund, and Navalny’s headquarters an extremist organization
June 10, 2021 Navalny’s medical records were redacted in an Omsk hospital; documents confirming his poisoning disappeared
That’s what the FBC investigation says
June 16, 2021 President Vladimir Putin announced that Navalny “deliberately went abroad for treatment. The live broadcast is being carried by Russia 24
June 23, 2021 Roskomnadzor demanded that Google stop supporting the site “Smart Voting”.
Lawyer Andrei Elantsev, who previously filed a complaint against the site, said this
July 26, 2021 The Ministry of Justice added one of the legal entities of Navalny’s headquarters to the list of “foreign agents”
July 26, 2021 Roskomnadzor blocked Navalny’s website navalny.com, as well as more than 40 related websites
August 11, 2021 Navalny was indicted in a case involving the creation of a nonprofit organization that “infringes on the identity and rights of citizens.
This was reported on the website of the Investigative Committee.
August 19, 2021 Roskomnadzor demanded that Apple remove Navalny’s app from the AppStore
August 20, 2021 French President Emmanuel Macron during a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin called for the release of Navalny from prison. This was reported by his press service. The press release issued by the Kremlin after the conversation did not mention this.
August 20, 2021 Britain banned entry to the country and blocked the assets of seven FSB officers who, according to them, were involved in the poisoning of Navalny.
The list was published on the country’s government website.
August 20, 2021 The U.S. Treasury Department has added to the sanctions list employees of the Federal Security Service and the Scientific Center of the Ministry of Defense, which the agency considers involved in the poisoning of Navalny. This is stated on the website of the Ministry.
At the time of publication of this article, Navalny had already been in prison for