"Alexei Navalny, the leader of the Russian opposition and founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, is currently in a punishment cell after a few days in regular confinement due to a new suspected poisoning. Navalny has become well-known for his anti-corruption investigations against Russian state corporations and senior officials. He participated in the Russian presidential election in 2018, and in the course of the campaign, he opened 81 regional headquarters all over the country. In August 2020, while on a trip to Tomsk (South Siberia), Navalny was poisoned by a prohibited military grade Novichok nerve agent. Later the same month, he was evacuated to Germany for treatment, unconscious and in a critical condition. In March 2022, Navalny was found guilty of fraud and embezzlement charges, as well as contempt of court, and sentenced to 9 years in a maximum security penal colony."