Navalny’s widow Yulia vows to continue his fight

Moscow, February 19

The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Monday vowed to continue his fight against the Kremlin, while authorities denied his mother access to a morgue where his body is believed to be held after his death last week in an Arctic penal colony.

With her voice cracking at times in a video posted on social media, Yulia Navalnaya accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of killing her husband in the remote prison and alleged that officials’ refusal to hand over the body to her mother-in-law was part of a cover-up.

The Russian authorities said the cause of Navalny’s death Friday at age 47 was still unknown – and the results of any investigation were likely to be questioned abroad. Many Western leaders have already said they hold Putin responsible for the death.

Navalny’s death has deprived the Russian opposition of its most well-known and inspiring politician less than a month before an election that is all but certain to give Putin another six years in power. — AP

‘Putin killed him’

Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Alexei Navalny, said she would continue her husband’s fight for a free Russia. She called on supporters to battle President Vladimir Putin with greater fury. “Vladimir Putin killed my husband,” she said.