Navalny’s Widow Vows To Continue Fight vs Putin

The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has 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, the Associated Press (AP) reported.

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. I Photo: Евгений Фельдман / Новая газета

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.

Russian authorities said that the cause of Navalny’s death Friday at age 47 is still unknown — and the results of any investigation are likely to be questioned abroad.

Many Western leaders have already said they hold Putin responsible for the death.

On Monday, Ivan Zhdanov, the director of Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, said Navalny’s body would not be given to his mother for 14 days while a chemical examination of it takes place, according to a Russian investigator.

Navalny spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said the Investigative Committee, the country’s top criminal investigation agency, informed Lyudmila Navalnaya that the official probe into the death had been extended.

“They lie, buy time for themselves and do not even hide it,” Yarmysh posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

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