The Anti-Corruption Foundation is still a vital opposition force even though its founder remains in jail
In the stylish Vilnius offices of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, Alexei Navalny’s name is mounted on the office wall in neon lights; his portrait hangs in some of the conference rooms. But the man himself is not here, at the headquarters in exile of the foundation he founded. He’s locked away in a Russian jail cell.
A lot has changed in the three years since Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition politician, was poisoned with novichok nerve agent during a trip to Siberia. He returned to Russia in January 2021 after recovering in Germany, was arrested on arrival and later given an 11-year jail sentence.
