After the death of Putin critic Alexei Navalny, his wife Yulia Navalnaya went into exile. She now faces prison in her home country.
Two days after issuing an arrest warrant, Russia has placed the exiled widow of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on its blacklist of “terrorists and extremists.” Yulia Navalnaya’s name appeared on a corresponding list of the financial supervisory authority Rosfinmonitoring on the Internet on Thursday. The 47-year-old commented on the move with biting derision. Rosfinmonitoring is intended, among other things, to prevent the financing of people and organizations that Russia considers to be “terrorists” or involved in “extremist acts.”
Just on Tuesday, a Russian court issued an arrest warrant against Yulia Navalnaya on charges of “participation in an extremist organization.” The accused had evaded preliminary investigations and was therefore put on the wanted list, it was said. She responded on the online service X and wrote about the Russian president: “Vladimir Putin is a murderer and a war criminal. His place is in prison.”
Yulia Navalnaya wants to continue the work of her late husband Alexei Navalny
The fact that she is now also on Russia’s blacklist of “terrorists and extremists” was commented on Thursday by Navalnaya, who lives in exile, on the online service X: “My God, I didn’t look at my phone for an hour and within that hour I became a terrorist.”
The 47-year-old combined her reaction with clear criticism of Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin. “He kills the husband and then brands the wife a terrorist – typical Putin,” she wrote. Navalnaya’s press spokeswoman Kira Yarmish wrote on online networks with a view to the Russian authorities: “If they are making such a fuss, then Yulia is doing everything right.”
Navalny’s widow Yulia Navalnaya: “We know why Putin killed him”
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Navalny was the Kremlin chief’s harshest critic. He died in a penal camp in the Arctic in February. His widow had announced that she would continue her husband’s work.
Almost all of Russia’s major opposition figures are either behind bars or in exile. Thousands of ordinary Russian citizens have also been arrested and convicted for protesting or criticizing Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
Note: This article has been updated to include additional information.
Source: Stern
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