Navalny’s press spokeswoman Kira Jarmysch congratulated «the world’s best boss and future president» on Twitter. A photo was published on the Kremlin critic’s Instagram account showing him with his wife and their two children. Navalny, who barely survived a poison attack last year, thanked all supporters.
Meanwhile, bailiffs searched Nawalny’s homes for money and valuables, according to the Interfax agency. The searches were linked to 29 million rubles (327,000 euros) in damages, which the opposition officials still have to pay, according to a court order. Navalny has been detained in a penal camp in the Vladimir region around 100 kilometers east of Moscow for months.
The well-known Russian opposition politician was treated with the neurotoxin Novitschok in Germany last August after an assassination attempt. On his return on January 17, he was arrested at a Moscow airport. Shortly thereafter, a Moscow court sentenced him to several years in a prison camp. He is said to have violated reporting requirements in previous criminal proceedings while he was recovering from the attack in Germany. The judgment has been heavily criticized internationally and classified as politically motivated.