She is said to be part of an “extremist organization”: A Russian court has issued an arrest warrant against Yulia Navalnaya. The widow of Kremlin opponent Navalny lives in exile.
A court in Russia has issued an arrest warrant for the widow of the late opposition politician Alexei Navalny, accusing her of involvement in an “extremist organization.”
Yulia Navalnaya evaded the preliminary investigation, the press service of the Moscow courts said on the online service Telegram. That is why she was put on the wanted list. Navalnaya lives in exile.
Confidant: “A nice recognition”
Navalny was the main opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He died in February in a penal camp in the Arctic. His widow Navalnaya had announced that she would continue her husband's work.
A confidant of Navalny, Leonid Volkov, reacted to the arrest warrant with irony: “A beautiful recognition of Yulia's determination to continue Alexei's fight,” Volkov wrote on X.
Almost all of Russia's major opposition figures are either behind bars or in exile. Thousands of ordinary Russian citizens have also been arrested for protesting or criticizing Russia's war against Ukraine, and many have been sentenced to severe penalties.
