Russia accused Yulia Navalnaya, the exiled widow of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, of participating in an 'extremist organization.'
Russia on Tuesday announced an arrest warrant for Yulia Navalnaya, the exiled widow of the late Russia n opposition leader Alexei Navalny . The country accused Navalnaya of participating in an 'extremist organization.' A court said it had 'approved the request of the investigators and decided a preventive measure in the form of detention for two months.' Little information about the charges was shared.
Following his death, she vowed to take up her late husband's work and has lobbied against Russian leader Vladimir Putin's government from abroad. Navalny was a fierce critic of Putin and ran against him for the nation's presidency in 2017. In 2020, he was poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok while flying from Moscow to Siberia. He was transferred to a hospital in Germany for treatment.
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