by Sarah Hurst Two Navalny supporters in Kirov were jailed today – Georgy Uspensky, an assistant to the coordinator of Navalny’s campaign headquarters in the city, for five days for organising a rally on October 7, and volunteer Richard Rouz for three days for non-payment of a fine, […]
by Sarah Hurst Alexei Navalny has called on people to protest against the election in rallies across the country this Sunday, in a video published today called “First Step to Victory”. He showed images of mass protests against corruption all over the world, including in France, South Korea […]
by Sarah Hurst The coordinator of Alexei Navalny’s headquarters in Rostov-on-Don, Anastasia Deyneka, has been jailed for eight days, and campaign employee Vladimir Kobzev for 10 days. Journalist and campaign employee Timofey Martynenko has been fined 250,000 roubles ($4,421), and campaign employee Leonid Sankin 75,000 roubles ($1,326), OVD-Info […]
by Sarah Hurst Alfa Bank has frozen an account belonging to Alexei Navalny’s election campaign foundation Fifth Time of Year after Moscow’s Meshchansky court ruled today that the foundation should be dissolved, upholding a request by Russia’s Justice Ministry. Navalny’s campaign chief, Leonid Volkov, said on Twitter that […]
by Sarah Hurst Transparency is one of the big differences between Alexei Navalny’s election campaign and Vladimir Putin’s, Navalny said on a video today, titled “Navalny vs. Putin: The Difference is the Money.” At the beginning of January Putin already claimed to have the maximum allowable amount of […]
by Sarah Hurst Volunteers at Alexei Navalny’s campaign headquarters in Cheboksary have filed an application to hold a rally on January 28 calling for a boycott of the presidential election. As local campaign coordinator Semyon Kochkin explained in a video published today, the election is merely Putin’s “re-appointment”, […]
by Sarah Hurst “A strong president – a strong Russia” is Vladimir Putin’s election slogan, now gracing his new campaign website and billboards all over the country. Remarkably, with very little effort Putin has reportedly already collected 500,000 signatures in his own support, and will continue to collect […]
by Sarah Hurst Russia’s Reserve Fund dried up completely at the end of last year and the National Wealth Fund has three-and-a-half months left of funds for pensions in it, Alexei Navalny says on his latest video, published today. Russia’s Ministry for Economic Development, possibly in response to […]
by Sarah Hurst Alexei Navalny’s campaign coordinator in Khabarovsk, Alexei Vorsin, was sentenced to 15 days in prison today after submitting an application to hold a rally on January 28 this morning. Vorsin wrote on Facebook that he was summoned to a hasty trial by “Centre E” – […]
by Sarah Hurst Vladimir Putin visited his campaign headquarters in Moscow today, but it doesn’t get many other visitors, according to Navalny campaign volunteer Ivan Konovalov, who embarked on a quest to give his signature in support of Putin. Konovalov made a video showing how he walked around […]
Navalny vs. Putin 