Viktor Vasilyevich Zolotov, is the current Director of the National Guard of Russia (Rosgvardiya) and a member of the Security Council of Russia. Generalissimo is his nickname.
Alexander Ivanovich Bastrykin is a Russian official, former First Deputy Prosecutor General of Russia, and former Chairman of The Investigative Committee of the Prosecutor General's Office. Since January 15, 2011, he is the Head of The Investigative Committee of Russia.
Alexei Anatolievich Navalny is a Russian lawyer and political activist. A regular participant in Russian March, since 2009, he has gained prominence in Russia, and in the Russian and international media, as a critic of corruption and of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He has organized demonstrations promoting reform and attacking political corruption, Putin and Putin's political allies; he has run for a political office on the same platform. In 2012, The Wall Street Journal described him as "the man Vladimir Putin fears most".
The 2011–2013 Russian protests began in 2011 and continued into 2012 and 2013. The protests were motivated by claims by Russian and foreign journalists, political activists and members of the public that the election process was flawed. The Central Election Commission of Russia stated that only 11.5% of official reports of fraud could be confirmed as true.
Sergei Stanislavovich Udaltsov is a Russian political activist. He is the unofficial leader of the Vanguard of Red Youth (AKM). In 2011 and 2012, he helped lead a series of protests against Vladimir Putin. In 2014 he has been sentenced to 4¹⁄₂ years in a penal camp for organizing the May 2012 protest which ended in violence between the police and demonstrators.
Opposition to President Vladimir Putin in Russia can be divided between the parliamentary opposition parties in the State Duma and the various non-systemic opposition organizations. While the former are largely viewed as being more or less loyal to the government and Putin, the latter oppose the government and are mostly unrepresented in government bodies. Major political parties considered to be part of the non-systemic opposition include Yabloko and the People's Freedom Party, along with the unregistered Progress Party. Other notable opposition groups included the Russian Opposition Coordination Council (2012–13) and The Other Russia (2006–11), as well as various non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
Party of crooks and thieves is a popular expression among the opposition in Russia used to refer to the ruling United Russia party, led by Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin. It was coined by blogger and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny in February 2011.
The 2018 Russian presidential election was held on 18 March 2018. Incumbent Vladimir Putin won reelection for his second consecutive term in office with 77% of the vote. Vladimir Zhirinovsky from the Liberal Democratic Party was the perennial candidate, having unsuccessfully run in five previous presidential elections. Other candidates included Pavel Grudinin, Sergey Baburin, Ksenia Sobchak, Maxim Suraykin, Boris Titov and Grigory Yavlinsky (Yabloko). Anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny announced his intent to run in December 2016 but was barred from doing so due to a prior criminal conviction, which may have been politically motivated, for corruption. Consequently, Navalny called for a boycott of the election. He had previously organized several public rallies against corruption among members of Putin's government.
This page lists public opinion polls in connection with the 2018 Russian presidential election.
Vladimir Alekseyevich Pekhtin is a Russian politician. He was a deputy of the State Duma for the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th convocations. He chaired the parliament's ethics committee and served as Deputy Chairman of the State Duma. He was the first deputy chairman of the United Russia party. Pekhtin formerly served on the board of electric holding company RAO UES and was the Director General of Kolymaenergo, a subsidiary of RusHydro.
He Is Not Dimon to You or Don't call him "Dimon" is a 2017 Russian documentary film about the corruption of the Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev.
The Anti-Corruption Foundation is a Russian nonprofit organization based in Moscow established in 2011 by activist and politician Alexei Navalny. Its main goal is to investigate and to expose corruption cases among high-ranking Russian government officials. Its distinguishing feature is that it is funded by private donations from Russian citizens. Among other activities, the foundation publishes movies on YouTube about corruption of Russian officials, such as Chaika and He Is Not Dimon to You.
Vladimir Lvovich Ashurkov is a Russian political figure and the Executive Director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation. A former banker, Ashurkov was the Director of Group Portfolio Management and Control at Alfa Group Consortium from 2006 to 2012, when he was asked to step down due to his political involvement with Alexei Navalny. He was also on the board of the X5 Retail Group during this time.
The 2017–2018 Russian protests were a long series of countrywide street protest actions and demonstrations in the Russian Federation, with the major requirements of:
The Russian opposition figure and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny announced his intention to run for President of Russia in the 2018 election on 13 December 2016. The primary themes of his campaign have been focusing on domestic issues, including combating corruption in Russia and improving the economy. Commentators have noted that Navalny's campaign is unprecedented in modern Russia as politicians usually do not start campaigning until a few months before the election.
A Zelyonka attack is a form of protest, provocation or violent assault, defined as the act of throwing a solution of brilliant green zelyonka, an triarylmethane antiseptic dye, on the body of a victim; while the dye causes no lasting harm, it is very hard to remove quickly; the complete natural removal may take up to a week. In the 2010s, Zelyonka attacks became widespread in Russia and Ukraine by pro-government operatives against anti-government political and other personalities.
Oleg Konstantinovich Rudnov was a Russian businessman and the head of the Baltic Media Group. Since his death, the company has been owned by his son Sergei. He has been described as a close ally of president Vladimir Putin. As well as Baltic Media Group, he was the owner of Bank Rossiya with Yury Kovalchuk.
Anastasia Vashukevich, also known as Nastya Rybka, is a Belarusian escort, model, blogger and author who, while fearing death in a Thai jail, claimed to have evidence linking Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska and Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Prikhodko to Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Russia of the Future is a political party founded by its leader, Russian government critic and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny on 19 May 2018. The party is yet to be formally registered by Russia's Ministry of Justice. Russia of the Future is opposed to Russian President Vladimir Putin and ruling party United Russia. According to Navalny's ally Lyubov Sobol, the goals of the party include "real changes, real reforms," including increased property protections, a fair criminal-justice system, and battling corruption "so that money from the budget does not flow into offshores and is not spent on yachts and palaces." The founding session of the party was attended by 124 delegates from 60 of Russia's regions. The party has a seven-member central committee instead of a chairman.
The 2018 Russian pension protests were a series of country-wide protests and demonstrations in the Russia demanding abandoning of the retirement age hike induced by recently announced by Russian State Duma law.
