Widow of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny leads Berlin march against Russia’s war in Ukraine
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Alexei Navalny's widow, Mrs Yulia Navalnaya, taking part in a Berlin march to demand an end to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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BERLIN - Hundreds of people marched through central Berlin on March 1 alongside Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, to demand an end to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Mrs Navalnaya was at the head of the march alongside Russian opposition figures Ilya Yashin and Vladimir Kara-Murza, a day after a dramatic altercation in the White House
Alongside slogans denouncing Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, some protesters also carried signs criticising the US president.
On Feb 28, a meeting between Mr Zelensky and Mr Trump ended in acrimony after the Republican and his deputy, Mr J.D. Vance, stridently accused the Ukrainian leader of being insufficiently grateful for US help and of not being willing to negotiate peace.
After the demonstration, Mrs Navalnaya posted on X thanking those who came and told her supporters that “we must not give up, we must not surrender”.
“Alexei always said that we must not lose heart - and these are important words, especially now, when it seems that there is very little hope,” she said.
Alexei Navalny died in an Arctic prison colony
He has been declared “extremist” by the Russian authorities. In Russia, anybody who mentions Navalny or his Anti-Corruption Foundation without stating that they have been declared “extremist” is subject to fines or up to four years in prison for repeated offences.
After avoiding the spotlight when the politician and anti-corruption campaigner was alive, Mrs Navalnaya has taken up her late husband’s cause and spoken at international forums including the Munich Security Conference in February.
At an event in February to mark the anniversary of her husband’s death, she had urged Russians living in exile to protest on behalf of those back home.
Mr Yashin and Mr Kara-Murza were two of the prisoners released 2024 in a major prisoner swop
Russian opposition figures (from left) Mr Vladimir Kara-Murza, Mrs Yulia Navalnaya and Mr Ilya Yashin taking part in the Berlin march on March 1.
PHOTO: AFP
