Why Was Alexei Navalny Poisoned, What Happened? Alexei Navalny’s poisoning and an assassination plot against him are now out in the 98-minute secretly filmed documentary based on the life story of the anti-corruption activist.
Alexei Navalny is a well-known anti-corruption activist, lawyer, and Russian opposition leader. The activist has now drawn much attention to himself after his secretly filmed documentary was premiered.
The documentary is about Alexei’s real life, where he discovered the assassination plan against him. While the pandemic hit the world, Navalny was battling his own war against the assassination.
Here is more to the life story of anti-corruption activist Alexei and what happened to him.
Why Was Alexei Navalny Poisoned, What Happened?
Alexei Navalny suddenly felt sick from poisoning when he was 45-years old. As mentioned by The Daily Mail, the moment he felt ill was the moment when he got exposed to the nerve agent, while the activist mentioned about the assassination plot against him.
Following the news, the nerve agent was similar to the one exposed to Sergei Skripal, a Russian double agent, and his child, Yulia. Additionally, Alexei faces sentenced to prison with a conviction of a crime.
Navalny faced jail time soon after gaining medical attention in Germany due to the poison attack. As mentioned by the anti-corruption activist, he went through a poison attack, and what’s more, he blamed Putin for the incident.
He spent three months secretly filming a documentary portrait of jailed Russian dissident Alexei Navalny in Germany, keeping it quiet until the announcement of the film in January this year.@DanielRoher, creator of ‘Navalny’, told the FT all about it https://t.co/KpPbPl27HA
— FT Weekend (@ftweekend) April 8, 2022
Putin Critic Poisoning Incident And Assassination Attempt On Alexei Navalny
Alexei Navalny released the 98-min documentary on the poisoning incident and assassination attempt against him. However, the anti-corruption activist was sentenced to prison for nine years on the charge of fraud.
Following Navalny’s sentencing, President Vladimir Putin criticized the activist for his guilt of fraud.
Moreover, as per CNN, Putin confirmed the FSB agents tailing the activist and stated that if Russia wanted Alexei dead, “they would’ve probably finished it.”
Alexei denied the charges against him and added that “Mr. Putin is afraid of the truth on his Twitter account.”
Daniel Roher’s NAVALNY follows Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in his quest to identify the men who poisoned him in August 2020. Out in cinemas on 12 April #documentary #Navalny pic.twitter.com/Qo2g1CX7Qw
— Jane Douglas-Jones (@500DaysOfFilm) April 8, 2022
Where Is Alexei Navalny Now In 2022?
Alexei Navalny is now facing a jail sentence for the charges against him in 2022. He was already facing a prison sentence of more than two years, while he received additional nine years in jail.
Navalny is facing charges of fraud for embezzling the Foundation donations money. He is known to get held in the IK-2 penal colony.
However, Alexei was listed as a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International. It considers his sentencing to political beliefs and not due to other possible accusations.
