The widow of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is calling for a nationwide protest against Russia’s presidential elections. According to her, people should vote against the incumbent Vladimir Putin on March 17, otherwise they would have to cast an invalid vote.
Yulia Navalnaya said in a YouTube video on Wednesday that she took hope from the large crowd that showed up for her husband’s funeral in Moscow last Friday. “We must use election day to show that we exist and that there are many of us,” Navalnaya said in exile.
Before his death, Navalny had announced a nationwide protest against Russia’s presidential elections on March 17 at noon. His widow announced that she would continue the fight (see video above). She has already met with US President Joe Biden, participated in the Munich Security Conference and spoke in the European Parliament.
Alexei Navalny is the most popular opposition politician and sharpest Putin critic in Russia. He was pronounced dead on February 16 at the ‘Polar Wolf’ prison camp in Siberia. Russian leaders said the 47-year-old died of natural causes. However, Yulia Navalnaya and many Western governments accuse Russian President Vladimir Putin of being responsible for Navalny’s death.
Putin’s victory is considered a certainty
The opposition politician was accused of fraud and extremism, among other things, and was sentenced to prison terms totaling more than thirty years. Navalny has always denied the accusations and described them as politically motivated.
What is certain is that Putin will be confirmed as president in the elections from March 15 to 17 and can therefore remain president of Russia at least until 2030.
Source: Krone
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