With the death of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition has lost its leader. In the West he is seen as a liberal icon. But the accusation is repeatedly made that Navalny was an ultra-nationalist. The death of Alexei Navalny shocked Russians, who are opponents of President Vladimir Putin. For them, the opposition politician embodied hope … Read more
US President Joe Biden met in San Francisco today with Yulia and Dasha Navalnaya, the widow and daughter of Alexei Navalny, who died in prison on February 16, the White House announced. During this meeting in California, away from the public eye, the American president “expressed his deepest condolences” and his “admiration for the amazing … Read more
Feb 22, 2024 at 9:57 PM Update: an hour ago Joe Biden met the wife and daughter of Alexei Navalny, who died last week, in San Francisco on Thursday. The US President has expressed his condolences to Yulia and Dasha Navalnaya. “Alexeis’ legacy of courage will live on in Yulia and Dasha, and in the … Read more
“The investigators say they know the cause of death, they have all the medical and legal documents. According to the law, they should have already handed over Alexei’s remains to me, but they haven’t. Instead, they are blackmailing me and trying to impose where, when, and how Alexei should be buried,” Navalnaya said. According to … Read more
The Kremlin characterizes the claim of Alexei Navalny’s wife as baseless, Yulia Navalnaya, that the 47-year-old Russian opposition leader was poisoned with the nerve agent, Novichok. The Kremlin statement also clarified that Russian President Vladimir Putin did not watch Navalny’s video statement, in which she said she would fight for a free Russia and called … Read more
France is demanding an “independent and in-depth” investigation into the prison death of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, for which it holds Russian authorities fully responsible, according to a French foreign ministry statement released today. “France holds the Russian authorities fully responsible for the death of Alexei Navalny, whose detention conditions had greatly worsened after his … Read more
Feb 21, 2024 at 11:20 AM Update: 19 minutes ago Lyudmila Navalnaya, the mother of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, has filed a lawsuit against Russian authorities. They refuse to release her son’s body. This was reported by the Russian state news agency TASS. According to TASS there will be a hearing on … Read more
The widow of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who died in a Russian prison on February 16, said today she was unfazed by the Kremlin’s criticism of her for crude statements blaming Vladimir Putin for her husband’s death. “The way the killer’s representative comments on my statements leaves me indifferent. Hand over Alexei’s body and let … Read more
Alexei Navalny’s mother and lawyer were informed by the prison colony where the Russian opposition leader was imprisoned that he died on Friday of “sudden death syndrome”, his close ally Ivan Zhdanov claimed today in a post on Platform X. Navalny’s support group, in a Telegram post, accused his “killers” of trying to “cover their … Read more
Alexei Navalny’s mother and lawyer were informed by the prison colony where the Russian opposition leader was imprisoned that he died on Friday of “sudden death syndrome”, his close ally Ivan Zhdanov claimed today in a post on Platform X. Navalny’s support group, in a Telegram post, accused his “killers” of trying to “cover their … Read more