For a long time, Yulia Navalnaya was always with her husband. She always went to political protests and court hearings, and would sometimes hold his hand there.
In 2020, when Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a nerve agent, Yulia helped get permission for him to go to another country for treatment that saved his life.
And now he has passed away by himself in a prison far away in the Arctic.
She says it’s Putin’s fault and wants Russians to help her fight him.
Yulia Navalnaya posted a video online on Monday to gain attention in politics. She loves her husband a lot, and she is still very sad, so it’s hard to watch some parts of the recording.
But it is very convincing.
Navalny’s wife says she feels extremely sad and torn apart. But her anger is what makes her want to keep fighting for her husband’s cause.
She wants to make Russia better in the future so that his death will have meaning.
Some Russians who don’t like Mr. Putin might feel better after hearing the speech.
Until now, Yulia Navalnaya was quiet and kept to herself. However, the video shows that she is a very strong woman.
Her experience of loss and love gives her a strong sense of right and wrong, and she is very likeable.
Powerful women
In the past, strong women have taken over when men were not around.
In nearby Belarus, the leader Alexander Lukashenko didn’t think Svetlana Tikhanovskaya was a threat, so he let her join the 2020 presidential race after her husband Sergei Tikhanovsky was arrested.
MrLukashenko almost lost his power because of sexism. When he said he won by a lot, Ms. Tikhanovskaya brought many people to the streets, yelling about a dishonest vote.
She had to leave her country after the KGB warned her, and now she is like a leader in another country.
Evgenia Kara-Murza has also started working on a worldwide level.
When her husband was poisoned in Moscow in 2015 and 2017, Evgenia stayed by his side in the hospital, watching over him closely.
At that time, Vladimir Kara-Murza was working to get Western leaders to make things harder for Putin’s supporters by using sanctions.
In 2022, he got in trouble for speaking out against Russia’s actions in Ukraine and was found guilty of betraying his country.
Evgenia, who usually works as a translator, is now spending most of her time supporting her husband’s campaign for sanctions and also calling for his freedom in Western cities.
Defeating opponents completely.
Yulia Navalnaya could do the same job.
She already talked to EU foreign ministers, who are very angry about Navalny’s death. They said Mr. Putin is ultimately responsible and there will be more consequences, but they didn’t say what they are yet.
But it’s difficult to find the main opposition groups in Russia.
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Yulia, widow of Alexei Navalny, confronts difficult task in Russia
