The widow of Alexei Navalny, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s nemesis who died in an Arctic prison last week, is to join EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday, days before the two-year mark of Russia's war on Ukraine.
The chairman of the bloc’s 27 foreign ministers’ discussions on Monday, foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, announced Navalnaya’s visit, saying the gathering would highlight “support for freedom fighters in Russia” and honor the memory of her dead husband.
Earlier on Friday, Yulia Navalnaya told a Western gathering of leaders, diplomats and other officials in Munich that Putin and his allies would bear responsibility “for what they did to our country, to my family, to my husband.”
Kremlin’s archenemy
Navalny, a 47-year-old former lawyer, rose to prominence campaigning against corruption in Putin’s Russia. He was known for his fiery rhetoric at public protests and in courtrooms, vocal presence on social media, and his team’s elaborate video investigations into state graft.
He “collapsed” after a walk at the Polar Wolf penal colony, Russian authorities reported on Friday, where he was serving a three-decade sentence following years of persecution that included poisoning with a nerve agent in Siberia in 2020.
On the same day, hundreds of flowers and candles laid in Moscow to honor his memory were taken away overnight in black bags by authorities. Russians paying their respects spoke of their despair and apathy after the dissident’s death.
Earlier on Friday, Yulia Navalnaya told a Western gathering of leaders, diplomats and other officials in Munich that Putin and his allies would bear responsibility “for what they did to our country, to my family, to my husband.”
Kremlin’s archenemy
Navalny, a 47-year-old former lawyer, rose to prominence campaigning against corruption in Putin’s Russia. He was known for his fiery rhetoric at public protests and in courtrooms, vocal presence on social media, and his team’s elaborate video investigations into state graft.
He “collapsed” after a walk at the Polar Wolf penal colony, Russian authorities reported on Friday, where he was serving a three-decade sentence following years of persecution that included poisoning with a nerve agent in Siberia in 2020.
On the same day, hundreds of flowers and candles laid in Moscow to honor his memory were taken away overnight in black bags by authorities. Russians paying their respects spoke of their despair and apathy after the dissident’s death.
Source: Reuters
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