Alexei Navalny, scourge of Russia's corrupt elite

Описание: In his recent annual address Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted anyone was free to enter politics in Russia. Well, tell that to
Alexei Navalny, who in recent years has emerged as the opposition's figurehead, and has been dragged through the courts for his pains.

The charismatic orator burst onto the scene in the 2011 legislative elections, railing against corruption and accusing Putin's United Russia party of being a party of "thieves and swindlers".

A Business Law graduate, Navalny …
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