Navalny, 47, said she held Russian President Vladimir Putin “personally responsible” for his death and called on the international community to unite to bring about a defeat “to this terrifying regime”.
Yulia Navalnaya is meeting today in Brussels with the foreign ministers of the European Union, three days after the death of her husband, the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, in a Russian prison.
“On Monday I will welcome Yulia Navalny to the Council of Foreign Ministers of the EU,” the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borel, said yesterday, Sunday evening, through the X social network.
“EU ministers will send a strong message of support to freedom fighters in Russia and commemorate Alexei Navalny,” he wrote.
Navalny, 47, said she held Russian President Vladimir Putin “personally responsible” for his death and called on the international community to unite to cause a defeat “to this terrifying regime”.
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani emphasized that Navalnya’s statements “will help all Europeans to better understand what kind of violent system we have to face and prevent in Ukraine.”
“This makes us feel the threat weighing on Russian citizens and all regions of our Europe, a continent where violence, brutality and war have returned in a shameful and irresponsible way,” Tajani added in a statement.
European Union foreign ministers are also due to discuss military support for Ukraine and a possible 13th package of sanctions against Moscow after it launched its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
Convictions
Over the weekend, Russian police arrested hundreds of people in dozens of cities who had gone to lay flowers and light candles in Navalny’s honor at memorials to victims of Stalinist-era oppression.
In St. Petersburg, northwestern Russia alone, judges over the weekend sentenced 154 of those people to terms of up to 14 days in prison for violating strict laws surrounding protests, according to rulings released by the local courts’ press service.
Human rights organizations and independent media reported similar convictions in other cities.
Demonstrations against the Kremlin and other public actions of opposition to the regime are illegal in Russia primarily under a law that prohibits gatherings without a permit.
Source :Skai
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