The article actually goes incredibly soft on him in terms of his nationalism and racism. He was kicked out of a popular resistance party for being too nationalist and then founded a whole political party who’s goal was to turn Russia into an ethno-state.

https://archive.org/details/VideoAlexeiNavalnyComparesMuslimsToCockroaches

I know he’s popular in the west because he is anti-Putin, but he is a piece of shit.

Btw, I know Russian, and I can confirm the title of the linked video is accurate.