Alexey Navalny’s wife, Yulia Navalnaya, has said Russian President Vladimir Putin and his government will be “brought to justice” for the death of her husband.
“I want them to know that they will be punished for what they have done with our country, with my family, and with my husband,” she said at the Munich Security Conference on Friday, adding that she does not have confirmation of her husband’s death.
“They will be brought to justice and this day will come soon.”
The news of Navalny’s death came on Friday as world leaders gathered at the conference in southern Germany, where US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Navalnaya and “expressed his condolences,” according to a State Department spokesperson.
Stalwart figure: Navalnaya remained a staunch advocate of her husband as he rose to prominence first as a blogger, then as an outspoken opposition leader in Russia.
She remained largely outside the spotlight until August 2020, when her husband was poisoned with the nerve agent, Novichok. After he fell gravely ill, Navalnaya made regular media appearances to bolster her husband’s campaign — pushing her into the center stage of a battle with the Russian state.
Navalnaya, her late husband and their two children have been under constant surveillance by the Kremlin for years. But her image of a stoic, calm, and collected woman became a story in its own right.
CNN’s Mary Ilyushina and Alex Marquardt contributed reporting.
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