Russia’s Putin will not go unpunished for Navalny’s death, wife Yulia says | Vladimir Putin News

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his associates won’t go “unpunished” if the demise of Alexey Navalny, as reported by Russian officers, seems to be true, the Kremlin critic’s spouse Yulia has stated.

Russia’s jail company earlier stated Navalny died on Friday within the Arctic penal colony the place he was serving a 19-year sentence. The 47-year-old had crusaded towards official corruption and staged huge anti-Kremlin protests as Putin’s fiercest foe.

Navlany’s staff stated it has not but obtained direct affirmation of his demise and had solely seen a common announcement by the regional judicial authorities.

Yulia Navalnaya referred to as upon the international community to come back collectively and battle towards the “horrific regime” in Russia, talking on the Munich Safety Convention on Friday in an look that was scheduled earlier than the information of her husband broke.

In her speech, she expressed some doubt over the veracity of the information of her husband’s demise.

“I don’t know whether or not we must always imagine the horrible information that we’re receiving completely from Russian state sources,” stated Yulia Navalnaya.

“We can not imagine Putin and Putin’s authorities,” she added. “They all the time lie.”

Nonetheless, she referred to as on the worldwide neighborhood “to unite and battle evil”, and that Putin and his supporters can be held accountable quickly.

Earlier, Navalny’s mom Lyudmila Navalnaya stated her son had been “alive, wholesome and completely happy” when she final noticed him on February 12, in keeping with Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta.

“I don’t wish to hear any condolences. We noticed him in jail on [February] 12, in a gathering. He was alive, wholesome and completely happy,” Navalnaya mom stated in a Fb submit, in keeping with the publication.

In his final public look earlier than his reported demise, Navalny spoke by videolink to a court docket on Thursday, Russian state media reported.

Navalny didn’t complain about his well being and “spoke actively, presenting arguments in defence of his place”, a regional court docket from the town of Vladimir, to the east of Moscow, advised the RIA information company.

Individually Nikolaos Gazeas, a German lawyer for Navalny, advised the day by day Koelner Stadt-Anzeiger that he was surprised by the information of Navalny’s demise after seeing pictures of him collaborating within the court docket listening to.

“He made a match and powerful impression as standard,” he stated, including {that a} Russian colleague had visited Navalny on Wednesday whereas one other was presently on his approach to his jail to study extra in regards to the circumstances of his demise.

‘Navalny has change into immortal’

In the meantime, different Putin opponents additionally reacted strongly to the information of Navalny’s demise.

“There’s nothing extra the dictator can do to Navalny, Navalny is lifeless and has change into immortal,” stated Boris Akunin, a famend Russian author who lives in self-imposed exile in Europe.

“I additionally assume {that a} murdered Alexey Navalny will probably be a much bigger menace for the dictator than a residing one. Probably, to drown out voices of protest, [Putin] will launch a marketing campaign of terror within the nation,” he advised AFP.

Russian Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov described Navalny’s demise as “homicide”.

“Alexey Navalny was tortured and tormented for 3 years. As Navalny’s physician advised me: the physique can not endure such issues. Homicide was added to Alexey Navalny’s sentence,” he was quoted as saying by the Novaya Gazeta newspaper.

Exiled Russian opposition politician Dmitry Gudkov stated on social media, “Alexei’s demise is a homicide. Organised by Putin … Even when Alexei died of ‘pure’ causes, they had been attributable to his poisoning and additional torture in jail.”

Invoice Browder, a British American businessman who was as soon as among the many largest overseas traders in Russia earlier than changing into a fierce regime critic, stated on X, “Putin assassinated Navalny … He did so as a result of Navalny was courageous sufficient to face as much as Putin. He did so as a result of Navalny supplied the Russian individuals an alternative choice to kleptocracy and repression.”