‘Vladimir Putin killed my husband,’ alleges Alexei Navalny’s widow
By HT News Desk |
The widow of Russian lawyer and Putin critic Alexei Navalny has accused the Russian President Vladimir Putin of killing her husband. In a video address published Monday, Yulia Navalnaya said: “Three days ago, Vladimir Putin killed my husband, Alexei Navalny.”
Recently, Alexei died while being imprisoned. Prison authorities said he died after losing consciousness following a walk in his prison colony in Kharp, 2,000 miles (1,200 kilometres) northeast of Moscow inside the Arctic circle.
Discover the thrill of cricket like never before, exclusively on HT. However, Alexei’s widow has claimed that her husband died due to torment and torture. “Alexei died in a prison colony after three years of torment and torture,” Yulia said Monday as quoted by news agency AFP.
While Alexei’s death has grabbed headlines across the globe, Yulia has vowed to continue her husband’s work, including his fight against Putin.
“The most important thing we can do for Alexei and for ourselves is to keep fighting, more desperately and more fiercely than before,” she said.
“We need to seize every opportunity to fight against war, against corruption, against injustice, to fight for fair elections and the freedom of speech, to fight to take back our country,” she added.
