The World Fellows

Alexey Navalny | Russia | 2010

Founder, Minority Shareholders Association

Navalny spearheads legal challenges on behalf of minority shareholders in large Russian companies, including Gazprom, Bank VTB, Sberbank, Rosneft, Transneft, and Surgutneftegaz, through the Union of Minority Shareholders. He has successfully forced companies to disclose more information to their shareholders and has sued individual managers at several major corporations for allegedly corrupt practices. Navalny is also co-founder of the Democratic Alternative movement and was vice-chairman of the Moscow branch of the political party YABLOKO. In 2010, he launched RosPil, a public project funded by unprecedented fundraising in Russia. In 2011, Navalny started RosYama, which combats fraud in the road construction sector.

Media

Time 100: The 100 most influential people in the world, Time, April 18, 2012

A Putin nemesis gains ground, CNN - Fortune, March 26, 2012

The Man Vladimir Putin Fears Most, Wall Street Journal, March 3, 2012

Russian Spring: 'iPads have replaced rifles,' says blogger (Video), MSNBC, February 29, 2012

Ghosts of Gadhafi are Haunting Putin (Video), PBS, February 29, 2012

Alexei Navalny: Scourge of Russia's Elite, BBC News, February 12, 2012

Navalny Released from Jail, Looks to Uncertain Future, Yale Daily News, December 22, 2011

Confronting Corruption in the Developing World, The Politic, December 20, 2011

World Fellow Awaits Release as Russian Protests Continue, Yale Daily News, December 17, 2011

Man Credited With Galvanizing Russians to Protest is Yale World Fellow, WNPR, December 12, 2011

In Russia, Words Then Deeds, The Washington Post, December 12, 2011

Rally Defying Putin's Party Draws Tens of Thousands, The New York Times, December 10, 2011

Rousing Russia With a Phrase, The New York Times, December 9, 2011

Intrepid Blogger Putin's Worst Nightmare, The Globe and Mail, December 8, 2011

All the Wrong Moves: Putin Plots His Strategy Against the Protesters, TIMES World, December 9, 2011

Kremlin Cracks Down, Arrests Prominent Critic, NPR: All Things Considered, December 8, 2011

Putin's Big Mistake? The New Yorker, December 6, 2011

The Only Electable Russian is Alexei Navalny, The Moscow Times, November 30, 2011

The NavalnyLeaks Smear Campaign, The Moscow Times, November 7, 2011

Navalny says it's theatre, but personal, The Moscow Times, September 27, 2011

Officials in Russian tax fraud case stashed millions offshore, The Washington Post, April 18, 2011

Net Impact: One Man's Cyber Crusade Against Russian Corruption, The New Yorker, April 4, 2011

Russian Site Aims to Expose State Corruption, The New York Times, March 27, 2011

Foreigners Fight Putin's Asia Oil Pipe, Bloomberg Businessweek, January 19, 2011

World Fellow faces investigationYale Daily News, January 19, 2011.

Extreme World Corruption, BBC World TV, December 9, 2010.

After months of inaction, Russia opens inquiry into Mercedes bribery case, The Washington Post, November 12, 2010.

Blogger Navalny Tries to Prove that Fighting Regime is Fun, Global Voices, October 27, 2010.