Despite the threat, she vowed to continue the fight for her husband, who died in prison last February.
Russia has issued an arrest warrant for Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Alexei Navalny.
Currently an opponent in exile after having sworn to continue the fight of her husband, who died in prison last February, the arrest warrant targets her for “participation in an extremist group“.
” Yulia Borisovna (Navalnaya) evaded preliminary investigation and was therefore placed on the wanted list “, the press service of the Moscow courts reported on Telegram.
The Basmanny Court of Moscow also ordered in absentia the pre-trial detention of the opponent, who resides abroad. Vladimir Putin is a murderer and a war criminal. He belongs in prison ” reacted Ms. Navalnaya on X.
Alexei Navalny’s former right-hand man, Leonid Volkov, also in exile abroad, ironically welcomed the decision of the Russian justice system on Tuesday. A beautiful recognition of Yulia’s determination to continue Alexei’s fight ” he wrote on X.
Continuing the Navalny movement, Navalnaya had called on the opponent’s supporters not to lose hope after his death. She regularly denounces Russian power and the fate of dissidents in Russia on social networks. The organizations of her husband, who died in still unclear circumstances in his Arctic prison, had been classified “extremists ” and banned in 2021 by the Russian justice system. Several of Navalny’s collaborators have been sentenced to prison.
