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SPAIN RUSSIA NAVALNY

A white-blue-white Russian flag without the red color, displayed prominently in anti-Putin protests outside Russia flutters by a portrait of late Russian opposition leader Alexi Navalny in front of the Russian embassy in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, March 3, 2024. Navalny, who was President Vladimir Putin's fiercest foe, was buried in Moscow after his still-unexplained death in an Arctic penal colony. (AP Photo/Paul White)

RUSSIA NAVALNY FUNERAL

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's mother, Lyudmila Navalnaya, left, and his mother-in-law Alla Abrosimova pay their last respects to him at the Borisovskoye Cemetery, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 1, 2024. Navalny, who was President Vladimir Putin's fiercest foe, was buried after a funeral that drew thousands of mourners amid a heavy police presence. (AP Photo)

RUSSIA NAVALNY CEMETERY

epa11192844 Floral tributes are seen at the grave of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, one day after his funeral at the Borisovskoye cemetery, on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia, 02 March 2024. Outspoken Kremlin critic Navalny died aged 47 in an arctic penal colony on 16 February 2024, after being transferred there in 2023. The colony is considered to be one of the worldâÄ™s harshest prisons. Alexei NavalnyâÄ™s body was laid to rest on 01 March 2024 at the Borisovskoye cemetery outside Moscow. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV

RUSSIA NAVALNY CEMETERY

epa11192820 A woman lays flowers as Lyudmila Navalnaya (C), mother of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, mourns at her son's grave at the Borisovskoye cemetery, on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia, 02 March 2024. Outspoken Kremlin critic Navalny died aged 47 in an arctic penal colony on 16 February 2024, after being transferred there in 2023. The colony is considered to be one of the world's harshest prisons. Alexei Navalny's body was laid to rest on 01 March 2024 at the Borisovskoye cemetery outside Moscow. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV

GERMANY NAVALNY FUNERAL

epa11192180 People mourn for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in front of the Russian embassy in Berlin, Germany 01 March 2024. Outspoken Kremlin critic Navalny died aged 47 in an arctic penal colony on 16 February 2024 after being transferred there in 2023. The colony is considered to be one of the world's harshest prisons. EPA/FILIP SINGER

FRANCE RUSSIA NAVALNY

People come to lay flowers during a gathering in homage to late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, at the Trocadero square in Paris, Friday, March 1, 2024. Relatives and supporters of Alexei Navalny bid farewell to the opposition leader at a funeral in southeastern Moscow, following a battle with authorities over the release of his body after his still-unexplained death in an Arctic penal colony. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

RUSSIA NAVALNY FUNERAL PHOTO GALLERY

A riot police officer guards as workers carry the coffin of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Soothe My Sorrows, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 1, 2024. Relatives and supporters of Alexei Navalny are bidding farewell to the opposition leader at a funeral in southeastern Moscow, following a battle with authorities over the release of his body after his still-unexplained death in an Arctic penal colony. (AP Photo)

RUSSIA NAVALNY FUNERAL PHOTO GALLERY

People gather outside the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Soothe My Sorrows, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 1, 2024. Relatives and supporters of Alexei Navalny are bidding farewell to the opposition leader at a funeral in southeastern Moscow, following a battle with authorities over the release of his body after his still-unexplained death in an Arctic penal colony. (AP Photo)

RUSSIA NAVALNY FUNERAL

epa11191372 Russian people gather to try to pay respects to late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny during his funeral at the Borisovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, 01 March 2024. Outspoken Kremlin critic Navalny died aged 47 in an arctic penal colony on 16 February 2024 after being transferred there in 2023. The colony is considered to be one of the world's harshest prisons. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV

RUSSIA NAVALNY FUNERAL

epa11191367 People put flowers at a makeshift memorial for late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny organized outside the Borisovskoye cemetery following his funeral ceremony, in Moscow, Russia, 01 March 2024. Outspoken Kremlin critic Navalny died aged 47 in an arctic penal colony on 16 February 2024 after being transferred there in 2023. The colony is considered to be one of the world's harshest prisons. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV

RUSSIA NAVALNY FUNERAL

People attend the funeral ceremony at the Borisovskoye Cemetery, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 1, 2024. Under a heavy police presence, thousands of people bade farewell Friday to Alexei Navalny at his funeral in Moscow after his still-unexplained death two weeks ago in an Arctic penal colony. (AP Photo)

FRANCE RUSSIA NAVALNY

People come to lay flowers during a gathering in homage to late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, at the Trocadero square in Paris, Friday, March 1, 2024. Relatives and supporters of Alexei Navalny bid farewell to the opposition leader at a funeral in southeastern Moscow, following a battle with authorities over the release of his body after his still-unexplained death in an Arctic penal colony. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

CZECH REPUBLIC NAVALNY FUNERAL

epa11191934 A man and child place a candle as people mourn for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in front of the Russian embassy in Prague, Czech Republic, 01 March 2024. Outspoken Kremlin critic Navalny died aged 47 in an arctic penal colony on 16 February 2024 after being transferred there in 2023. The colony is considered to be one of the world's harshest prisons. EPA/MARTIN DIVISEK

RUSSIA NAVALNY FUNERAL PHOTO GALLERY

Police, right, observe as people walk towards the Borisovskoye Cemetery for the funeral ceremony of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 1, 2024. Under a heavy police presence, thousands of people bade farewell Friday to Alexei Navalny at his funeral in Moscow after his still-unexplained death two weeks ago in an Arctic penal colony. (AP Photo)

RUSSIA NAVALNY FUNERAL

People walk towards the Borisovskoye Cemetery for the funeral ceremony of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 1, 2024. Under a heavy police presence, thousands of people bade farewell Friday to Alexei Navalny at his funeral in Moscow after his still-unexplained death two weeks ago in an Arctic penal colony. (AP Photo)

RUSSLAND TRAUERFEIER NAVALNY

epa11191212 Mother of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Lyudmila Navalnaya, touches her son's body during his funeral at the Borisovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, 01 March 2024. Outspoken Kremlin critic Navalny died aged 47 in an arctic penal colony on 16 February 2024 after being transferred there in 2023. The colony is considered to be one of the world's harshest prisons. KEYSTONE/EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY

RUSSIA NAVALNY FUNERAL

epa11191210 Parents of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Lyudmila (C) and Anatoly Navalny (C-L), mourn next to their son's coffin during his funeral at the Borisovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, 01 March 2024. Outspoken Kremlin critic Navalny died aged 47 in an arctic penal colony on 16 February 2024 after being transferred there in 2023. The colony is considered to be one of the world's harshest prisons. EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY

RUSSIA NAVALNY FUNERAL

Relatives and friends pay their last respects at the coffin of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Soothe My Sorrows, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 1, 2024. (AP Photo)

RUSSIA NAVALNY FUNERAL

Workers carry the coffin and a portrait of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny out of the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Soothe My Sorrows, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 1, 2024. Relatives and supporters of Alexei Navalny are bidding farewell to the opposition leader at a funeral in southeastern Moscow, following a battle with authorities over the release of his body after his still-unexplained death in an Arctic penal colony. (AP Photo)

RUSSIA NAVALNY FUNERAL

epa11190430 Funeral service workers bring the coffin of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny inside the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God, during his funerals in Moscow, Russia, 01 March 2024. Outspoken Kremlin critic Navalny died aged 47 in an arctic penal colony on 16 February 2024 after being transferred there in 2023. The colony is considered to be one of the world's harshest prisons. EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY

RUSSLAND TRAUERFEIER NAVALNY

People gather outside the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Soothe My Sorrows, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 1, 2024. Relatives and supporters of Alexei Navalny are bidding farewell to the opposition leader at a funeral in southeastern Moscow, following a battle with authorities over the release of his body after his still-unexplained death in an Arctic penal colony. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo)

RUSSIA NAVALNY FUNERAL

People gather outside the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Soothe My Sorrows, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 1, 2024. Relatives and supporters of Alexei Navalny are bidding farewell to the opposition leader at a funeral in southeastern Moscow, following a battle with authorities over the release of his body after his still-unexplained death in an Arctic penal colony. (AP Photo)

RUSSIA NAVALNY FUNERAL

A Police officer guards as people gather near the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Soothe My Sorrows, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 1, 2024. Relatives and supporters of Alexei Navalny are bidding farewell to the opposition leader at a funeral in southeastern Moscow, following a battle with authorities over the release of his body after his still-unexplained death in an Arctic penal colony. (AP Photo)

RUSSIA NAVALNY FUNERAL

People walk outside the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Soothe My Sorrows, after a funeral service for the Alexei Navalny, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 1, 2024. Relatives and supporters of Alexei Navalny are bidding farewell to the opposition leader at a funeral in southeastern Moscow, following a battle with authorities over the release of his body after his still-unexplained death in an Arctic penal colony. (AP Photo)

RUSSIA NAVALNY FUNERAL

People gather outside the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Soothe My Sorrows, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 1, 2024. Relatives and supporters of Alexei Navalny are bidding farewell to the opposition leader at a funeral in southeastern Moscow, following a battle with authorities over the release of his body after his still-unexplained death in an Arctic penal colony. (AP Photo)

RUSSIA NAVALNY FUNERAL

A view of a grave where Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny due to be buried at the Borisovskoye Cemetery, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 1, 2024. Relatives and supporters of Alexei Navalny are bidding farewell to the opposition leader at a funeral in southeastern Moscow, following a battle with authorities over the release of his body after his still-unexplained death in an Arctic penal colony. (AP Photo)

DEUTSCHLAND TOD NAWALNY

Flowers and a photo of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are placed near the Russian consulate in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin's fiercest foe, died Friday in the Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence, Russia's prison agency said. He was 47. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Michael Probst)

DEUTSCHLAND TOD NAWALNY

A man holds a poster with a portrait of opposition leader Alexei Navalny during a protest in front of the Russian embassy in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin's fiercest foe, died Friday in the Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence, Russia's prison agency said. He was 47. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

GERMANY NAVALNY

epa11170433 A photo showing late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny sits among floral tributes outside the Russian embassy in Berlin, Germany, 21 February 2024. Outspoken Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny died in a penal colony, the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District announced on 16 February 2024. In late 2023 Navalny was transferred to an Arctic penal colony, considered one of the harshest prisons. EPA/HANNIBAL HANSCHKE

RUSSIA NAVALNY OBIT

epa11160877 A woman lays flowers mourning Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's death near the memorial to political prisoners in Moscow, Russia, 17 February 2024. Russian opposition leader and outspoken Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny died aged 47 on 16 February 2024 in a penal colony, the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District announced. A prison service statement said that Navalny 'felt unwell' after a walk on 16 February, and it was investigating the causes of his death. In late 2023 Navalny was transferred to an Arctic penal colony considered one of the harshest prisons. EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY

RUSSIA NAVALNY OBIT

A man with his child lays flowers paying the last respect to Alexei Navalny at the Memorial to Victims of Political Repression in St. Petersburg, Russia on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. Russian authorities say that Alexei Navalny, the fiercest foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests, died in prison. He was 47. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

GEORGIA NAVALNY OBIT

epa11158672 Flowers lay near a portrait of Russian late opposition leader Alexei Navalny in front of the Russian embassy, in Tbilisi, Georgia, 16 February 2024. Russian opposition leader and outspoken Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny has died aged 47 in a penal colony, the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District announced on 16 February 2024. A prison service statement said that Navalny 'felt unwell' after a walk on 16 February, and it was investigating the causes of his death. Late last year, he was transferred to an Arctic penal colony considered one of the harshest prisons. EPA/DAVID MDZINARISHVILI

Municipal workers paint over graffiti of Russia's imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. The worlds on the wall reading "Hero of our time". (AP Photo/Ivan Petrov)

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in a cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. A Moscow court on Saturday considered Navalny's appeal against his prison sentence as the country faced a top European rights court's order to free the most prominent Kremlin foe. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

In this image made from video provided by the Babuskinsky District Court, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in a cage during a hearing on his charges for defamation, in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. Navalny was accused of slandering a World War II veteran featured in the video promoting the constitutional reform allowing to extend President Vladimir Putin's rule. The politician slammed people in the video as "corrupt stooges" and "traitors." (Babuskinsky District Court via AP)

In this photo provided by the Babuskinsky District Court on Thursday, April 29, 2021, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny appears on TV screens via a video link from prison, during a hearing on his charges for defamation, in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia. The politician was convicted in February and ordered to pay a fine of 850-thousand rubles (the equivalent of $11,500). It was Navalny's first public appearance since his transfer to a penal colony last month. (Babuskinsky District Court Press Service via AP)

RUSSLAND JUSTIZ PROZESS NAVALNY

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny speaks via a video link from a prison during a court session in Petushki, Vladimir region, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021. Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny appears in the Petushinsky court via video link at a hearing on his lawsuit against his prison colony classifying him as posing a potential extremist or terrorist threat. (Evgeny Feldman/Meduza via AP)

BRITAIN RUSSIA NAVALNY RALLY

epa09150841 Supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny attend a demonstration organized by the group 'Art of Rebel' outside the Russian embassy in London, Britain, 21 April 2021. Rallies supporting Navalny take place in several cities in Europe. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been transferred from the penal colony No. 2 (IK-2) in Pokrov, Vladimir region, to the regional prison hospital in IK-3 in Vladimir for receiving vitamin therapy. The decision was taken amid Navalny's hunger strike and announced by his team members fearing for his life. EPA/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA

SPAIN RUSSIA NAVALNY OBIT

A woman holds a magazine with a portrait of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in front of the Russian Embassy in Madrid, Spain, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. Alexei Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin's fiercest foe, has died in the Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence. That's according to Russia's prison agency. He was 47. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

SCHWEIZ PROTEST TOD NAWALNY

A woman holds a placard reading "DontGiveUp" during a protest following the reported death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Friday, February 16, 2024 in Zurich, Switzerland. Russian authorities on Friday, February 16, 2024, say Navalny, the fiercest foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests, died in prison.(KEYSTONE/Michael Buholzer)

RUSSIA NAVALNY PHOTO GALLERY

A portrait of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and flowers are placed as people demonstrate near to Russian embassy to France, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

RUSSIA NAVALNY PHOTO GALLERY

A persons holds a portrait of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has died in a Russian prison, according to the Federal Penitentiary Service, at the Russian Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny looks at photographers standing behind a grass of the cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. A Moscow court has rejected Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's appeal against his prison sentence. Earlier this month, a lower court sentenced Navalny to two years and eight months in prison for violating terms of his probation while recuperating in Germany from a nerve agent poisoning that he blames on the Kremlin. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

RUSSIA TRIAL NAVALNY

epa09025236 Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands inside a glass cage prior to a hearing at the Babushkinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia, 20 February 2021. The Moscow City court will hold a visiting session at the Babushkinsky District Court Building to consider Navalny's lawyers appeal against a court verdict issued on 02 February 2021, to replace the suspended sentence issued to Navalny in the Yves Rocher embezzlement case with an actual term in a penal colony. EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV MANDATORY CREDIT

In this photo taken on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021 and provided by the Babuskinsky District Court, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in a cage during a hearing on charges of defamation in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia. Navalny was accused of slandering a World War II veteran featured in the video promoting the constitutional reform allowing to extend President Vladimir Putin's rule. The politician slammed people in the video as "traitors" and stands trial on defamation charges. (Babuskinsky District Court Press Service via AP)

In this handout photo taken from a footage provided by Moscow City Court, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny shows a heard symbol standing in the cage during a hearing to a motion from the Russian prison service to convert the suspended sentence of Navalny from the 2014 criminal conviction into a real prison term in the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. A Moscow court has ordered Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to prison for more than 2 1/2 years for violating the terms of his probation while he was recuperating in Germany from nerve-agent poisoning. Navalny, who is the most prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, had earlier denounced the proceedings as a vain attempt by the Kremlin to scare millions of Russians into submission. (Moscow City Court via AP)

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018 file photo Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands during a break in the hearing on his appeal in a court in Moscow, Russia. Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was placed on a ventilator in a hospital intensive care unit in Siberia after falling ill from suspected poisoning during a flight, his spokeswoman said Thursday Aug. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

RUSSLAND OPPOSITION

Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny stands prior to a hearing at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, eastern France. Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is at the European court for a hearing into whether Russian authorities violated his rights through numerous arrests. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

RUSSLAND OPPOSITION

In this photo taken on Monday, Dec. 18, 2017, Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny gestures while speaking during his interview to the Associated Press in Moscow, Russia. in an interview Monday with The Associated Press, he said the biggest thing keeping him from becoming Russia's next president is a political system that punishes him for rallying support and conspires to keep his face off the airwaves. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

RUSSLAND OPPOSITION

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny sits at his office after been released from a jail in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017. Navalny was released from jail where he spent 20 days for "organising unsanctioned protests." Since he was sentenced, Ksenia Sobchak has declared her candidacy in upcoming presidential elections, a move that is likely to threaten Navalny's own position. (Evgeny Feldman/Navalny Campaign via AP)

RUSSLAND OPPOSITION

In this photo taken on Thursday, April 27, 2017, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny poses for a photo after unknown attackers doused him with green antiseptic outside a conference venue in Moscow, Russia. Navalny, who authored a documentary about the Russian prime minister's alleged corrupt wealth that was viewed more than 20 million times online, was the key force behind nationwide anti-government rallies in March, Russia's largest and most widespread in years. (Evgeny Feldman/Pool Photo via AP)

RUSSIA NAVALNY PROFILE

FILE - In this file photo taken on Thursday, March 30, 2017, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, right, shows a V-sign for the media in court in Moscow, Russia. As Russia's most determined and durable opposition figure, Alexei Navalny has employed an astute understanding of social media and an accountant's ability to wade through financial data, a knack for sardonic humor and fierce resolve in the face of repeated threats. Now, his family, friends and supporters have a new reason to worry. The 44-year-old opposition remained in grave condition in a Siberian hospital Friday more than a day after he became ill on a flight back to Moscow and fell into a coma. His allies suspect he drank poisoned tea before boarding the plane. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman, File)

RUSSLAND OPPOSITION NAVALNY PROZESS

2302405 Russia, Kirov. 10/16/2013 Opposition politician Alexei Navalny with his wife, Yulia, during the break in the hearing at the Kirov Regional Court. Maksim Bogodvid/sputnik (KEYSTONE/sputnik/Maksim Bogodvid)

RUSSLAND OPPOSITION NAVALNY PROZESS

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny takes a photo of himself and his wife Yulia after a hearing in a court room at a Kirov court in Kirov, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. The judge of a Russian court has overturned a sentence for opposition leader and anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny, handing him a suspended sentence instead of five years in prison. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

RUSSLAND OPPOSITION NAVALNY PROZESS

Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny holds a phone with a sticker that reads "thief's", as he takes a picture of journalists before an interview at the Echo Moskvy (Echo of Moscow) radio station in Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 8, 2013. Navalny made his name as an anti-corruption whistleblower and coined a popular phrase "a party of crooks and thieves" in reference to the ruling United Russia party. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

RUSSLAND PRAESIDENT VEREIDIGUNG PROTEST

Police escort Alexei Navalny, center, a prominent anti-corruption whistle blower and blogger into a police car after a hearing in in Moscow, Wednesday, May 9, 2012. Two of the opposition's most prominent leaders, Sergei Udaltsov and Alexei Navalny, were arrested late Tuesday and remained in custody Wednesday. A lawyer for Udaltsov, Nikolai Polozov, said both face charges of failing to obey police orders that carry a maximum penalty of 15 days in jail. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

RUSSLAND PRAESIDENT VEREIDIGUNG PROTEST

Alexei Navalny, a prominent anti-corruption whistle blower and blogger seen behind the bars in the police van after he was detained during protests in Moscow, late Tuesday, May 8, 2012 a day after Putin's inauguration. Vladimir Putin took the oath of office in a brief but regal Kremlin ceremony on Monday, while on the streets outside thousands of helmeted riot police prevented hundreds of demonstrators from protesting his return to the presidency. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

RUSSLAND WAHLEN

Protest leader Alexei Navalny speaks during a massive opposition rally in Pushkin Square in Moscow, Monday, March 5, 2012. Riot police on Monday broke up an opposition protest contesting Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's victory in Russia's presidential election, arresting dozens of participants, including prominent opposition leaders. (AP Photo/Maria Turchenkova)

GERMANY RUSSIA NAVALNY OBIT

A woman holds a portrait of opposition leader Alexei Navalny during a protest in front of the Russian embassy in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin's fiercest foe, died Friday in the Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence, Russia's prison agency said. He was 47. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

GERMANY RUSSIA NAVALNY OBIT

A portrait of Russia's president Vladimir Putin is painted on a trash can during a protest rally in front of the Russian embassy in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. Alexei Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin's fiercest foe, has died in the Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence. That's according to Russia's prison agency. He was 47. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

SCHWEIZ PROTEST TOD NAWALNY

People hold a placard with a portrait of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny during a protest following the reported death of Alexei Navalny on Friday, February 16, 2024 in Zurich, Switzerland. Russian authorities on Friday, February 16, 2024, say Navalny, the fiercest foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests, died in prison.(KEYSTONE/Michael Buholzer)

GERMANY RUSSIA NAVALNY PROTEST

epa09150552 A supporter holds a picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin upside down and gestures with a turn down thumb at the same time in front of the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, 21 April 2021. Protesters demonstrated in Berlin in support of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been transferred from the penal colony No. 2 (IK-2) in Pokrov, Vladimir region, to the regional prison hospital in IK-3 in Vladimir for receiving vitamin therapy. The decision was taken amid Navalny's hunger strike and announced by his team members fearing for his life. EPA/CLEMENS BILAN

GERMANY RUSSIA NAVALNY

A woman holds a mask with the photo of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, as she attends a protest against the jailing of the Russian opposition leader in front of the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

RUSSIA COURT NAVALNY

epa10884391 Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny is seen on a screen as he appears in a video link from the colony in Vladimir region, during a hearing of The First Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction considering his appeal against the sentence of 19 years in prison in a case of extremism, Moscow, Russia, 26 September 2023. Navalny has been in the colony since February 2021, when the court, at the request of the Federal Penitentiary Service, replaced his suspended sentence in the Yves Rocher case of 2014 with a real one. He was supposed to serve in a penal colony for 2 years and 8 months, but in March 2022, the Lefortovo Court of Moscow, at an off-site meeting in correctional colony in the city of Pokrov, Vladimir Region, sentenced the politician to 9 years of strict regime and a fine of 1.2 million rub., as well as one and a half years of restriction of freedom in the case of fraud and contempt of court. In June 2023 Navalny went on trial on new charges of extremism. The court sentenced politician Alexei Navalny to 19 years in a strict regime colony. The First Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction rejected the politician's complaint. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV