In an interview given to Sunday Times British, the widow of Alexeï Navalny confided that she would like Putin to pass “from a kind of Russian tsar to an ordinary prisoner in Russia».
The widow of Russian opponent Alexeï Navalny, Yulia Navalnaïa, said on Sunday in an interview with Sunday Times British want the downfall of Vladimir Putin until he becomes a “ordinary prisoner».
«I want him to go from some kind of Tsar of Russia to an ordinary prisoner in Russia», Launches Ioulia Navalnaïa to the weekly, which publishes this interview two days before the posthumous release of her late husband’s memoirs.
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Assuring that she does not hate the Russian president, she still hopes to see him imprisoned, “as (her) husband was“. Opponent Alexeï Navalny, sworn enemy of Vladimir Putin, died in detention in February in an Arctic prison, under unclear circumstances.
Yulia Navalnaïa, 48 years old, was included in the register of “terrorists and extremists» in Russia in July, shortly after an arrest warrant was issued against him for “participation in an extremist group“. She lives outside the country, vowing to keep her late husband’s cause alive.
“I would never abandon Russia”
During this interview, however, she revealed that she had never considered taking the head of the Russian opposition in the event of her husband’s death. “I think he would have liked to keep me away from these dangerous political things». «But you realize you have no choice. Of course, you could keep quiet. But it’s not me. I would never abandon Russia».
She, who has lived in Germany for many years, explains that she excludes a return to Russia before being sure of “not to be detained in an airport like Alexei”, recognizing that “no one knows» when this could happen.
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Regarding her husband’s decision to return to Russia in January 2021 despite the risks, materialized by an immediate arrest, Yulia Navalnaïa “totally understood that we had to fight». «It’s his life, it’s his choice, it’s his convictions. By persuading him to stay in exile, I would have felt more guilty».
Ms. Navalnaïa also says that she was “a little skeptical» faced with the possibility of a prisoner exchange which could have concerned her husband before his death. “I know how it goes when you negotiate with Putin (…) He lies all the time. That’s why I never believed it would happen».
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