"Express Opposition to Putin"... Navalny's Wife Urges Protests on Russian Election Day
Yulia Navalnaya Vows to Preserve Imprisoned Husband's Legacy
Appeals "Let's Leave the Polling Station" in YouTube Video
Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny who died in prison, has called for protests against President Vladimir Putin during the Russian presidential election scheduled for mid-month.
On the 6th (local time), Navalnaya said in a video released on YouTube that on the last day of the three-day Russian presidential election, at noon on the 17th, everyone should go to the polling stations simultaneously to express opposition to President Putin.
She said, "We need to use election day to show our existence and that there are many people like us," adding, "We are real, we are alive, and we are people who oppose Putin. Let's all go to the polling stations at this time." She then appealed, "What you do next is your choice. You can vote for any candidate other than Putin. You can spoil your ballot, or write 'Navalny' in large letters. You can stand at the polling station and then go home."
Her husband Navalny had also proposed the idea of gathering at polling stations to hold anti-government protests on election day before his death. Navalny, who exposed corruption among Putin and other senior Russian officials, died suddenly on the 16th of last month while serving a sentence in a Siberian prison on charges including extremism. Three days after his death, Navalnaya declared in a video speech that "Navalny was killed by Putin" and vowed to continue the fight her husband had started.
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Navalnaya said she found hope after seeing thousands of mourners gather at Navalny's funeral on the 1st and his grave covered with flowers left by the mourners. However, the Kremlin dismissed suspicions that President Putin was behind Navalny's death. Sergey Naryshkin, head of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), claimed on state television the previous day that "Navalny died of natural causes."
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