Ruslan Shaveddinov

[16] In January 2019 Shaveddinov published an investigation on the corruption of Russian Olympic champions Alexei Nemov and Svetlana Khorkina.

[17] Later the same year, he released a YouTube video about Deputy Mayor of Moscow Natalia Sergunina's undeclared financial assets that he had previously been working on with Georgy Alburov and Kira Yarmysh.

[18][19] A month before the 2021 State Duma elections Shaveddinov published an investigation about the Deputy Defence Minister Andrey Kartapolov.

[20] Navalny's associates, Ruslan Shaveddinov, Artem Ionov, and Ivan Konovalov, stated that it was Kartapolov who coordinated their abduction by the army.

[21] Later the same year, Shaveddinov published another investigation about the mistresses of Russian officials, working close to President Vladimir Putin.

[22] In January 2018 Shaveddinov and Yarmysh were detained at the Sheremetyevo airport and arrested for eight days for broadcasting public protests on Navalny LIVE.

[33][34] According to The Insider's investigation, the Russia law enforcement agencies had previously instructed the mobile operator to track any actions on Shaveddinov's number.

[32][38] A few months later, Shaveddinov was reassigned to serve at a radio post near the nuclear test site, located 195 km from the settlement of Rogachevo, which could only be reached by helicopter.

[42][43] It was reported in May 2021 that several FBK employees, including Shaveddinov, Georgy Alburov, and others, allegedly moved to Georgia to launch a new studio of the "Navalny LIVE" YouTube channel in Tbilisi.

[44] Leonid Volkov, a Russian political activist and Navalny's ally, refuted this information and called it "fake news.

Shaveddinov with Kira Yarmysh , Yulia Navalnaya , Vladimir Kara-Murza and Ilya Yashin at an anti-war protest in Berlin, 17 November 2024