❗️Alexei Navalny was poisoned. The examination results.
We have obtained the results of an independent examination of Alexei Navalny’s biological samples, which were taken out of Russia after his death in prison. We now know with certainty that Alexei was poisoned — and we know exactly with what.
Today, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Sweden, and the Netherlands publicly confirmed the poisoning.
Laboratories identified epibatidine in the samples — a powerful neurotoxin derived from the skin of an Ecuadorian poison dart frog. This substance is classified as a prohibited chemical agent. Only the Russian authorities had the motive, the means, and the opportunity to administer such a toxin inside a high-security penal colony.
We now know the truth: Vladimir Putin poisoned Alexei Navalny with a chemical weapon.
Alexei Navalny Archive. A project in which we collect and preserve his legacy — https://t.co/oHUgXsk8b3
Alexei Navalny Archive video created by Plains of Yonder
❗️We are publishing the Alexei Navalny Archive
This is a project dedicated to collecting and preserving Alexei Navalny’s legacy: his investigations, articles, photographs, videos, broadcasts, social media posts, interviews, documents, and much more.
Our goal is to ensure that these materials are preserved in a clear, accessible, and well-organized form. We want Alexei’s work and ideas to remain available to supporters, journalists, researchers, students, and anyone who wants to learn about, revisit, or study modern Russian politics, the fight against corruption, and the history of Russia’s opposition movement.
Visit https://t.co/PUrg4nzqR3, explore the archive, and share it with others.
We will always remember Alexei and do everything we can to ensure that his work and legacy live on.
Today, Alexei Navalny would have turned 50.
Alexei was a person of extraordinary courage, strength, and faith in people. He changed Russian politics forever, showing that those in power can be challenged, corruption can be investigated, fear can be overcome, and that a free Russia is worth fighting for even under the harshest conditions.
Memorial events in Alexei’s honor will take place in cities around the world today. Check the list of events to find your city and join us: https://t.co/tVO4D9RkoN
Right now, the MAX messenger (created by the Kremlin for censorship and user surveillance) has been removed from the App Store. This is great news.
We call on big tech not to cooperate with the Kremlin and not to assist them in carrying out censorship.
Join memorial events on Alexei Navalny’s birthday.
▪️We’ve compiled a list of events taking place on June 4 in cities around the world: https://t.co/tVO4D9RkoN
▪️Many people in Moscow will come to pay tribute to Alexei at his grave. Borisovskoye Cemetery will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Even when he faced the severe repression of the Putin regime, Alexei Navalny was never alone.
HRF Chair Yulia Navalnaya illustrates why we must stand up to tyranny together at the 2026 Oslo Freedom Forum.
1/6 As the European Commission discusses the 21st package of sanctions against Vladimir Putin’s regime, @ACF_int urge @EU_Commission and @eu_eeas to revisit the names of key allies of the regime whose addition to the sanctions list was previously blocked by Hungary’s former government.
The critical importance of these individuals to Putin’s regime — and their close proximity to Russian power — is demonstrated by the unprecedented diplomatic efforts Russia has exerted for years to shield them from restrictive measures. Both diplomatic channels and Russia’s most influential allies within the EU were mobilised in this endeavour.
The EU now has a window of opportunity to ensure that these figures, who are crucial to Vladimir Putin, are finally placed under sanctions.
Yulia Navalnaya delivered a speech at the Oslo Freedom Forum and called for support for Alexei Navalny’s lawyers and other political prisoners.
Lawyers Vadim Kobzev and Alexey Liptser remain imprisoned simply for doing their job and representing Alexei Navalny.
Navalnaya said:
💬 “We can read his words and hear his voice today because these people fought the prison system day after day, year after year. Every single day, one of the lawyers would stand at the gates of the penal colony from six in the morning, in freezing cold, just to see Alexei and make sure he was still alive.”
Freedom for Navalny’s lawyers — and for all political prisoners!
In 2003, Kremlin orchestrated a takeover of the preeminent Russian polling center, @wciom, fired the founders, and installed some Valery Fedorov as its head. Since then, WCIOM has been living off its great name and faked data when it suited Kremlin needs. But wow how much they earned doing this: see the new investigation by @pevchikh: https://t.co/I7M3ZUqPOn.
Conducting genuinely independent polling under conditions of repression is incredibly difficult. Our polls&surveys team works on it every day.
Take a look at one of our latest studies:
https://t.co/FWYgmEnppw
For example, we found that real support for Putin’s war is only 7%. That is the share of respondents who said that additional budget revenues should be spent on the war rather than on healthcare, education, and other public priorities.
Pro-Kremlin pollsters constantly talk about the “high approval ratings” of Putin and his United Russia party. The Anti-Corruption Foundation has found that the Kremlin spends enormous sums of money to manipulate polling data.
Watch the full story in our new investigation with English voice-over: https://t.co/FEWOp0pNus
The French authorities have frozen the bank accounts and seized the real estate of Russian Deputy Prime Minister Golikova as part of a criminal money laundering investigation.
Navalny Team previously released an anti-corruption investigation about her. She is a key member of Vladimir Putin’s inner circle. She and her family own property across Europe.
Criminal investigations and sanctions are what Putin’s elite fear most.
THIS MUST BE DONE.
We demand sanctions against the Matvienko family and the seizure of their assets in Italy.
We have documented the corrupt origins of the wealth accumulated by Sergei Matvienko, the son of one of Putin’s closest allies, Valentina Matvienko. Sergei Matvienko built his fortune through the political protection and influence of his mother. Today, he continues to manage the family’s wealth and overseas assets — including a villa in Italy.
Our investigation has also been confirmed by other independent journalists. One of them, @maxcoccia, is now being sued by the Matvienko family over his reporting.
We demand that Sergei Matvienko be placed under EU sanctions and that the family’s Italian property be seized!
The Matvienko family has filed a lawsuit against an investigative journalist. Putin’s allies are deeply afraid of the truth and want to silence independent journalists. Our support and solidarity are with @maxcoccia
WE DEMAND SANCTIONS AGAINST THE MATVIENKO FAMILY! ❌
Nella giornata di oggi ho appreso di essere stato querelato per la mia inchiesta pubblicata quasi un anno fa su @Linkiesta sulla famiglia Matvienko, uno dei nuclei più potenti e controversi dell’élite russa vicina al Cremlino. Valentina Matvienko è la terza carica dello Stato russo, strettissima alleata di Putin e sostenitrice dell’invasione dell’Ucraina; suo figlio Sergej Matvienko è considerato uno degli uomini d’affari più influenti della Russia, con interessi economici e patrimoniali che negli anni hanno toccato anche l’Italia.
Si tratta dell’ennesima querela temeraria che non mi spaventa, anche perché sono convinto della correttezza del mio lavoro giornalistico, ma che impone una riflessione seria sul livello di impunità e di protezione di cui oligarchi russi e loro sodali continuano a godere nel nostro Paese. Mentre l’Europa discute di sanzioni e sicurezza democratica, reti opache continuano a investire capitali attraverso società schermate, prestanome e circuiti finanziari difficili da tracciare, tentando al tempo stesso di intimidire il giornalismo investigativo.
Continuerò a raccontare e documentare come questi emissari di corruzione, influenza e guerra riescano ancora a muoversi tra Italia ed Europa, investendo patrimoni di origine opaca e cercando di silenziare chi fa informazione. Senza paura e con ostinazione.
Join memorial events on Alexei Navalny’s birthday.
▪️We’ve compiled a list of events taking place on June 4 in cities around the world: https://t.co/tVO4D9RkoN
▪️Many people in Moscow will come to pay tribute to Alexei at his grave. Borisovskoye Cemetery will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
It was a great honor to participate in the Forum of Yulia Navalnaya as an expert from @HRF
My group was working on creating a policy brief on modern technologies in post-Putin Russia. Our policy will be published soon on https://t.co/UlDZU4wFWP