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Yahoo
6 days ago
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Arrests in Russia as Navalny supporters mark his birthday
The birthday of Alexei Navalny was marked on Wednesday by his supporters more than a year after the Russian dissident's death in a penal colony. OVD Info human rights group reported that eight people had been detained while laying flowers in Novosibirsk in Siberia. Videos broadcast on social media showed supporters gathered at Navalny's grave in Moscow. His mother was among those attending. Navalny, one of the most prominent opponents of President Vladimir Putin, would have turned 49 on Wednesday. After surviving a near-fatal attack with the Novichok nerve agent in 2020, he died under mysterious circumstances in the Polar Wolf prison in the Arctic Circle in February last year. His widow, Julia Navalnaya, has continued his work in exile. Her latest project in collaboration with the organization Reporters without Borders is television broadcaster "Russia's Future," whose launch was announced in Paris on Tuesday. The broadcaster is to be available in Russia via satellite from Wednesday. "It is important to keep his legacy, and I am sure he would be very happy that new people are receiving information about the Kremlin regime, corruption, war, and everything that's going on in Russia right now," Navalnaya said at the launch. She posted a photo of herself with her husband on X. No day went past without thinking of him, she said. Navalnaya also announced a memorial concert in Berlin on June 28, at which a prize in Navalny's name will be awarded for the first time. Internet portal Meduza reported that Pet Shop Boys would headline the concert.
Time Magazine
26-04-2025
- Politics
- Time Magazine
‘We Are Fighting for a Better Future.' Yulia Navalnaya Discusses Her Human Rights Advocacy
Since Alexei Navalny, the prominent Russian opposition leader and critic of the country's President Vladimir Putin, died in prison in February 2024, his widow Yulia Navalnaya has become a renowned advocate for human rights around the world. At the TIME100 Summit in New York City on April 23, she discussed the dangers that she faces doing her work as chair of the Advisory Board of the Anti-Corruption Foundation and chair of The Human Rights Foundation. Speaking with TIME senior correspondent Simon Shuster, Navalnaya shared what it's like running an organization in exile in Lithuania, emphasizing her drive to protect opponents of Putin like her husband. 'It's not possible for me to go back to Russia anymore,' she said. '[But] we know that we are fighting for a better future for our country. We are fighting against this regime, which kills their political opponents, which starts wars, which keeps a lot of people in fear.' Navalnaya also talked about the relationship between Russia and the U.S. She said she's alarmed by the way that Trump appears to be treating Putin as an 'equal,' because Trump 'was elected in democratic elections, and Putin was not.' She called on the Trump Administration to show that 'it is much stronger than Vladimir Putin and that they are not equal presidents.' Reflecting on continuing her late husband's legacy, she discussed the risks of publishing his book. Navalny's memoir Patriot, partly written from prison, was published posthumously in Oct. 2024. 'It was a problem to bring it to Russia, and we were not sure if people would be imprisoned if we started to send this book to Russia.' A free e-book was made available to every reader inside Russia. While Navalny was a famous Putin opponent, Navalnaya said she wanted to take time to recognize the many less well-known individuals unfairly imprisoned. 'Russia is a huge country, and there are a lot of unknown names imprisoned for political reasons.' The repression of opponents, she said, 'will continue to increase.' --- The TIME100 Summit convenes leaders from the global TIME100 community to spotlight solutions and encourage action toward a better world. This year's summit features a variety of speakers across a diverse range of sectors, including business, health and science, AI, culture, and more. Speakers for the 2025 TIME100 Summit include human rights advocate Yulia Navalnaya; Meghan, Duchess of Sussex; comedian Nikki Glaser; climate justice activist Catherine Colman Flowers; Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos, and many more, plus a performance by Nicole Scherzinger.
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
‘We Are Fighting for a Better Future.' Yulia Navalnaya Discusses Her Human Rights Advocacy
Since Alexei Navalny, the prominent Russian opposition leader and critic of the country's President Vladimir Putin, died in prison in February 2024, his widow Yulia Navalnaya has become a renowned advocate for human rights around the world. At the TIME100 Summit in New York City on April 23, she discussed the dangers that she faces doing her work as chair of the Advisory Board of the Anti-Corruption Foundation and chair of The Human Rights Foundation. Speaking with TIME Senior Correspondent Simon Shuster, Navalnaya shared what it's like running an organization in exile in Lithuania, emphasizing her drive to protect opponents of Putin like her husband. 'It's not possible for me to go back to Russia anymore,' she said. '[But] we know that we are fighting for a better future for our country. We are fighting against this regime, which kills their political opponents, which starts wars, which keeps a lot of people in fear.' Navalnaya also talked about the relationship between Russia and the U.S. She said she's alarmed by the way that Trump appears to be treating Putin as an 'equal,' because Trump 'was elected in democratic elections, and Putin was not.' She called on the Trump Administration to show that 'it is much stronger than Vladimir Putin and that they are not equal presidents.' Reflecting on continuing her late husband's legacy, she discussed the risks of publishing his book. Navalny's memoir Patriot, partly written from prison, was published posthumously in Oct. 2024. 'It was a problem to bring it to Russia, and we were not sure if people would be imprisoned if we started to send this book to Russia.' A free e-book was made available to every reader inside Russia. While Navalny was a famous Putin opponent, Navalnaya said she wanted to take time to recognize the many less well-known individuals unfairly imprisoned. 'Russia is a huge country, and there are a lot of unknown names imprisoned for political reasons.' The repression of opponents, she said, 'will continue to increase.' --- The TIME100 Summit convenes leaders from the global TIME100 community to spotlight solutions and encourage action toward a better world. This year's summit features a variety of speakers across a diverse range of sectors, including business, health and science, AI, culture, and more. Speakers for the 2025 TIME100 Summit include human rights advocate Yulia Navalnaya; Meghan, Duchess of Sussex; comedian Nikki Glaser; climate justice activist Catherine Colman Flowers; Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos, and many more, plus a performance by Nicole Scherzinger. The 2025 TIME100 Summit was presented by Circle, Diriyah Company, Prudential Financial, Toyota, Amazon, Absolut, Pfizer, and XPRIZE. Write to Olivia B. Waxman at
Local Germany
02-03-2025
- Politics
- Local Germany
Navalnaya leads Berlin march against Ukraine war
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 between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump. Alongside slogans denouncing Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, some protesters also carried signs criticising the US president. On Friday a meeting between Zelensky and Trump ended in acrimony after the Republican and his deputy JD Vance stridently accused the Ukrainian leader of being insufficiently grateful for US help and of not being willing to negotiate peace. After the demonstration 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 last year. 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, Yulia Navalnaya has taken up her late husband's cause and spoken at international forums including the Munich Security Conference last month. At an event last month to mark the anniversary of her husband's death, she had urged Russians living in exile to protest on behalf of those back home. Yashin and Kara-Murza were two of the prisoners released last year in a major prisoner swap between Russia and Western countries.
Yahoo
17-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Navalny's widow seeks to rally divided Russian opposition
Alexei Navalny's widow received a standing ovation as she spoke in a packed church in Berlin Sunday on the anniversary of the Russian opposition leader's death behind bars. After avoiding the spotlight when the politician and anti-corruption campaigner was alive, Yulia Navalnaya has taken up her late husband's cause and spoken at international forums including the Munich Security Conference this month. Tears ran down faces in the audience as she spoke, sometimes breaking into laughter as she recalled Navalny's ability to connect with supporters. Amid the outpouring of grief, though, some of Navalny's supporters expressed doubts about the network he set up and his legacy, following disputes between prominent opposition figures. Navalnaya urged Russians living in exile to protest on behalf of those back home. "I think wherever we are, we must come out (to demonstrate) for those people in Russia who can't come out." "Let's be their voice," she said. In Russia people "are afraid to come out", she said, emphasising the privileged position of those in Berlin. "Here of course we can feel free but people in Russia are hostages of the regime." She urged those gathered to attend an anti-war march in Berlin on March 1, timed to come soon after the anniversary of Navalny's death and as Russia's war in Ukraine enters a fourth year. "All of you come, please," she said. In Moscow, people stood in line Sunday to lay flowers at Navalny's grave despite overt surveillance of those going to the cemetery. "Those people (in Russia) who come out in such a situation are very brave and I'm very grateful to them," said Navalnaya. A giant screen showing video footage of Navalny was placed close to a giant figure of Christ on the cross. At a separate memorial event outside Berlin's Russian Embassy, labourer Yuri Korolyov said "Alexei Navalny is like Jesus". "He is a man who died for his idea," said the 32-year-old from the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. - Opposition rift - Attending Navalnaya's memorial event were several opposition figures living in exile including Navalny's former close aide Leonid Volkov and Ilya Yashin, a former Moscow city lawmaker freed in a prisoner swap last year. But the opposition has been torn apart by very public disputes involving wealthy donors and a hammer attack on Volkov. Pavel, a 29-year-old seeking refugee status in Germany, said he hoped "the rift between the opposition's opinion leaders will be ended and... they won't attack each other". "I'm pessimistic about this, unfortunately," he said, waiting outside the church in freezing temperatures. One man watching the embassy memorial, who gave his name as Dmitry, said he saw no future for Navalnaya or the structures Navalny set up. "I think that without him -- even in prison -- the system of Navalny's regional offices has no opposition force" and "will very soon cease existence," he predicted. He added that "what Yulia Navalnaya does, I think is not the right path", calling for more radical methods. The leading opposition figures "all argue between themselves," said Varvara, a 20-year-old politics student from Russia, holding two white roses to lay at the Navalny memorial. "There's no one at the level of Navalny, and I don't think there will be in the near future." am/fec/rsc
