Alexei Navalny’s widow to meet EU ministers as Russia jails mourners

Name: Tributes pour in after Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny dies in prison
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Top EU diplomat said ministers will ‘send a strong message of support to freedom fighters in Russia’

Navalny’s unexpected death at the age of 47 at an Arctic penal colony has generated international outrage

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Tributes pour in after Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny dies in prison

Agence France-Presse

Published: 7:29am, 19 Feb 2024Updated: 4:42pm, 19 Feb 2024

Alexei Navalny’s widow will meet European foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday, EU officials announced, as Russian courts jailed dozens of people detained at events commemorating the Kremlin critic.

The 47-year-old opposition leader died in an Arctic prison on Friday after spending more than three years behind bars, prompting outrage and condemnation from Western leaders and his supporters.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said he would welcome Yulia Navalnaya to the bloc’s Foreign Affairs Council on Monday.

“EU Ministers will send a strong message of support to freedom fighters in Russia” and “honour” Navalny’s memory, he added on X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday.

Flowers and a photo of Alexei Navalny near the Russian consulate in Frankfurt, Germany. Photo: AP

Navalny was Russia’s most prominent opposition leader and garnered a huge following as he campaigned against corruption under President Vladimir Putin.