Navalny’s widow urges Russians to fight ‘to get our country back’

Yulia Navalny, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, said on Monday she would champion her husband’s fight for an independent Russia and called on supporters to fight President Vladimir Putin with more fury than ever.

Navalny’s death usurped the opposition as Russia’s most charismatic and courageous leader as Putin prepares for an election that will keep him in power until at least 2030.

In an angry nine-minute video message, Navalnya, 47, said Putin had murdered her husband and in doing so had taken away a husband from her and a father from her two children.

But she said the only response to such a crime was to continue her late husband’s fight for an independent and prosperous Russia. The Russian people want to live differently, he said, even if there is little hope for it.

“I want to live in a free Russia, I want to build a free Russia,” Navalnya said in the video message, “I will continue the work of Alexei Navalny.”

“I ask you to stand next to me,” she said. “I ask you to share your anger with me. Anger, anger, hatred towards those who dared to destroy our future.”

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After the news of the Russian dissident’s death, Navalny’s wife said, ‘We cannot trust Putin.’

Alexei Navalny’s wife Yulia said on Friday that she did not yet know that her husband had died, because Russian President Vladimir Putin is ‘always lying.’ But if this is true then she wants the world to come together against Putin’s government.

“I am addressing you in the words of Alexei, whom I believe deeply. ‘It is not shameful to do less. It is shameful to do nothing. It is shameful to allow yourself to be afraid.'”

He said, “We need to use every opportunity. To fight against war, against corruption, against injustice. To fight for fair elections and freedom of speech. To fight to get our country back. For.”

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Exiled Belarusian leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya was with Alexei Navalny’s wife when she heard the first reports of his death. Tsikhanouskaya spoke to The National’s Ian Hanumansing about the impact of Navalny’s death on the family and his opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Navalny accused Russian authorities of hiding Navalny’s body and waiting for traces of the Novichok nerve agent to disappear from his body.

“Vladimir Putin killed my husband,” Navalnya said. “By killing Alexei, Putin killed half of me – half of my heart and half of my soul.”

“But I still have the other half, and it tells me that I have no right to give up. I will continue the work of Alexei Navalny, continue to fight for our country.”

The Kremlin has denied any involvement in his death and said Western claims that Putin was responsible for the death are unacceptable. Putin has warned that if foreign powers try to interfere in Russia’s elections, a strong response will be given.

Navalny, 47, collapsed and died suddenly on Friday after a walk at the “Polar Wolf” penal colony in the Arctic, where he was serving a three-decade sentence, the prison service said.

The Kremlin said on Monday that an investigation into his death was ongoing.

‘We will tell names and show faces’

Navalnaya always supported her husband in his battles with Russian authorities, attending many of his court appearances, standing beside him at rallies and waiting for his release from multiple prison sentences.

“The main thing we can do for Alexei and for ourselves is to keep fighting. More than before, more desperate, more furious,” he said in his video message.

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In Daniel Rohr’s documentary, Alexei Navalny tells his supporters that his death would be a sign of the strength of the opposition. The Canadian director told The National’s Ian Hnomanshing Navalny would like his supporters not to mourn his death, but to fight Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“I know, it seems that this is no longer possible. But we need more. To gather everyone into a strong fist and attack this crazy regime with it – Putin, his friends, bandits in uniform, Thieves and murderers who crippled our country.”

Navalny rose to prominence more than a decade ago by documenting and poking fun at the vast corruption and prosperity of the “crooks and thieves” running Putin’s Russia.

“We know exactly why Putin killed Alexei three days ago,” Navalnya said. “We will tell you about it soon. We will definitely find out who exactly committed this crime and how. We will name names and show faces.”