Russia’s Putin will not go unpunished for Navalny’s death, wife Yulia says
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The Kremlin critic’s mother also said her son was ‘alive, healthy and happy’ when she saw him this week.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his associates will not go “unpunished” if the death of Alexey Navalny, as reported by Russian officials, turns out to be true, the Kremlin critic’s wife Yulia has said.
Russia’s prison agency earlier said Navalny died on Friday in the Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence. The 47-year-old had crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as Putin’s fiercest foe.
Navlany’s team said it has not yet received direct confirmation of his death and had only seen a general announcement by the regional judicial authorities.
Yulia Navalnaya called upon the international community to come together and fight against the “horrific regime” in Russia, speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Friday in an appearance that was scheduled before the news of her husband broke.
In her speech, she expressed some doubt over the veracity of the news of her husband’s death.
