Russian exile opposition activist Julija Navaľná called on Sunday of her supporters to fight for free Russia. She said on the occasion of the first anniversary of the death of her husband and leader of the Russian opposition Alexei Navaľný. TASR reports on this based on AFP reports.
“We know why we are fighting: for future Russia – free, calm and beautiful. What dreamed of Alexei, and which is possible, do everything to make his dream come true,” She said Navaľná in the video she spoke to her supporters. “Everyone can do something: to protest, write political prisoners, influence their loved ones, support each other,” continued.
“Alexei inspires people around the world. They understand that our country is not just about war, corruption and oppression,” She added a widow, which also organizes a commemorative event in Berlin on Sunday. At the same time, Navaľná accused Russian President Vladimir Putin to try erase the Russian memory of her husband and “conceals the truth about his murder”.
The Russian authorities declared Navaľný as an “extremist”, and this designation remained valid even after his death. In Russia, so anyone who will mention Putin’s political opponent or its anti -corruption foundation without the use of this attribute, there is a penalty and even a four -year imprisonment with repeated mention.
Memorial events are held on Sunday in several places where Russian exlants live. About 1500 Russians have so far came to Navalny on the day of his death to honor his place of rest at the Boris cemetery in Moscow, And in freezing temperatures and risking repression by the Russian authorities, AFP explains. On his grave were placed flowers, with In the afternoon, even a long row formed on the spot. Meanwhile, Prokremiel journalists on social networks urged people not to go to the grave.
But there was also a naval mother Ludmila. AFP said that does everything to make her son’s death clarify and the perpetrators punished. “The whole world knows who ordered it (murder). But we want him to know the perpetrators and people who allowed it,” she added with faith that “Truth one day wins”.
Navaľnyj died a year ago in a prison camp in the village of Charp in the Jamalskonenec Autonomous Circuit lying behind the Arctic Circle. The Russian authorities have not fully clarified the circumstances of his death to this day, claiming that it occurred during a walk in the prison area.
On the occasion of his death anniversary, several European leaders also commented. The head of the European Union’s diplomacy Kaja Kallas attributed responsibility for the death of Navalny primarily to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who also called for the release of all political prisoners. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that Navaľnyj died, “because he fought for democracy and freedom in Russia”. He emphasized his courage, whose legacy he said he persists after his death.
