Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in prison, has alleged that Russian President Vladimir Putin killed her husband. She assured to advance her husband’s fight for ‘Free Russia’. Sent an emotional post about Navalny. News from Reuters and AFP.
Navalny was known as a staunch critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The 47-year-old opposition leader was in a prison in Siberia. There he was serving a 30-year prison sentence. The country’s prison authorities said he died last Friday. But some in the West, including Navalny’s relatives, blame Putin for his death.
“It’s been 3 days since Vladimir Putin killed my husband Alexei Navalny,” Yulia said in a 9-minute video on Monday. By killing him, Putin killed half of me, half of my heart and half of my soul was killed by Putin. But still I am half alive. Half of my heart tells me, I have no right to back down. I will continue Navalny’s work. I will continue my fight for the country.