→Political views: Misleading (the "Marsh" was/is actually organized by other people). This is also very old and undue (see talk). He is mostly known for describing United Russia as a "party of crooks and thieves". Le's star from this.
In 2011, Navalny stated he considered himself a "nationalist democrat".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.economist.com/node/21541877 |title=The birth of Russian citizenry |work=The Economist |date=17 December 2011 |access-date=27 December 2015 |archive-date=17 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217235217/http://www.economist.com/node/21541877 |url-status=live }}</ref> International media have often commented on his ambiguous but non-condemnatory stance toward ethnic [[Russian nationalism]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/markadomanis/2013/07/15/did-russian-opposition-leader-alexey-navalny-just-endorse-a-race-riot/ |title=Did Russian Opposition Leader Alexey Navalny Just Endorse A Race Riot? |last=Adomanis |first=Mark |work=[[Forbes]] |date=15 July 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130811093246/http://www.forbes.com/sites/markadomanis/2013/07/15/did-russian-opposition-leader-alexey-navalny-just-endorse-a-race-riot/ |archive-date=11 August 2013|access-date=28 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://mondediplo.com/2012/04/02russia |title=So where's the change in Russia? – Le Monde diplomatique – English edition |publisher=Mondediplo.com |date=31 March 2012 |access-date=27 December 2015 |archive-date=31 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131235354/http://mondediplo.com/2012/04/02russia |url-status=live }}</ref> He also has been a co-organizer of the "[[2006 Russian march|Russian march]]",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ng.ru/regions/2011-10-24/1_rus_marsh.html |title=В столице отрепетировали "Русский марш" / Регионы России / Независимая газета |website=Ng.ru |date=24 October 2011 |access-date=27 December 2015 |archive-date=26 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026151901/http://www.ng.ru/regions/2011-10-24/1_rus_marsh.html |url-status=live }}</ref> which [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|Radio Free Europe]] describes as "a parade uniting Russian nationalist groups of all stripes" and noted that Navalny had also endorsed a nationalist-led campaign called Stop Feeding the Caucasus to end federal subsidies to the Caucasian republics.<ref>[http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-navalny-nationalist-fears/25059277.html Russia's Aleksei Navalny: Hope Of The Nation – Or The Nationalists?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130810073406/http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-navalny-nationalist-fears/25059277.html |date=10 August 2013 }}, by Robert Coalson. [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]. 28 July 2013.</ref> In 2011, Navalny defended his attendance at the march, where [[BBC News]] reported that racist slogans were chanted, saying to reporters that the rally was an outlet for anger at the government.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15596400|title=Moscow nationalist rally hears attack on Putin party|date=4 November 2011|work=BBC News}}</ref><ref name="bbc-08-2020"/> In a 2011 profile, ''The New York Times'' said that Navalny espoused Russian nationalist views.<ref name="BarryEllen"/> He starred in several videos recorded for the ''NAROD'' movement, in one of them he compares dark-skinned Caucasus militants to cockroaches and calling for arming the population to shoot them.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2012/jan/15/alexei-navalny-profile-vladimir-putin|title=Alexei Navalny: Russia's new rebel who has Vladimir Putin in his sights|date=2012-01-15|website=theguardian.com}}</ref><ref name="BarryEllen">{{cite news|last=Barry|first=Ellen|date=2011-12-09|title=Rousing Russia With a Phrase (Published 2011)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/10/world/europe/the-saturday-profile-blogger-aleksei-navalny-rouses-russia.html|access-date=2020-12-22|language=en-US}}</ref> In another video he is dressed as a dentist, complaining that tooth cavities ruin healthy teeth, as clips of migrant workers are shown.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/29/alexei-navalny-on-putins-russia-all-autocratic-regimes-come-to-an-end|title=Alexei Navalny on Putin's Russia: 'All autocratic regimes come to an end'|date=2017-04-29|website=theguardian.com}}</ref>
In February 2011, in an interview with the radio station finam.fm, Navalny called the main Russian party, [[United Russia]], a "[[party of crooks and thieves]]".<ref name=G105/> In May 2011, the Russian government began a criminal investigation into Navalny, widely described in Western media as "revenge", and by Navalny himself as "a fabrication by the security services".<ref name="G105">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/may/10/russian-blogger-alexei-navalny |title=Russian blogger Alexei Navalny faces criminal investigation |last=Parfitt |first=Tom |date=10 May 2011 |work=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=31 July 2012 |archive-date=10 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130910013651/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/may/10/russian-blogger-alexei-navalny |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/265120c6-7b3a-11e0-9b06-00144feabdc0,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F265120c6-7b3a-11e0-9b06-00144feabdc0.html&_i_referer= |title=Russia Targets Anti-Graft Blogger |last=Belton |first=Catherine |date=10 May 2011 |work=Financial Times |access-date=31 July 2012 |archive-date=14 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814214542/https://www.ft.com/content/265120c6-7b3a-11e0-9b06-00144feabdc0?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F265120c6-7b3a-11e0-9b06-00144feabdc0.html&_i_referer= |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Bratersky|first=Alexander|date=10 May 2011|title=Navalny Targeted in Fraud Inquiry|work=[[The Moscow Times]]|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2011/05/10/navalny-targeted-in-fraud-inquiry-a6871|url-status=live|access-date=31 July 2012|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130105091910/http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/navalny-targeted-in-fraud-inquiry/436581.html|archive-date=5 January 2013}}</ref> Meanwhile, "crooks and thieves" became a popular nickname for the party.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15972326 |title=Russians tire of corruption spectacle |last=Sandford |first=Daniel |date=30 November 2011 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=31 July 2012 |archive-date=22 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822185750/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-15972326 |url-status=live }}</ref>
