Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“Yulia Navalnaya intends to be president of Russia, she says, [with] no hesitation or wavering. This, like so many of the decisions she made with her husband, the opposition leader Alexei Navalny, is unambiguous. Navalnaya knows she faces arrest if she returns home while President Putin is still in power. His administration has accused her of participating in extremism. This is no empty threat. In Russia, it can lead to death. Her husband, President Putin’s most vocal critic, was sentenced to 19 years for extremism, charges that were seen as politically motivated. He died in February in a brutal penal colony in the Arctic Circle. US President Joe Biden said there was ‘no doubt’ Putin was to blame. Russia denies killing Navalny.” (10/21/24)