Yulia Navalnaya / “A murderer by definition is not a legitimate president” she said about Putin

Not to recognize the result of the upcoming presidential elections in Russia the EU and its member countries, asked the foreign ministers of the 27 Yulia Vanalnaya, widow of Alexei Navalny. “Do not recognize this election … A president who assassinated his main political opponent cannot be legitimate by definitionNavalnaya said yesterday at the meeting in Brussels.

She repeated the accusation that her husband was murdered and that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered it, claiming that there will be evidence of this in the future. As Reuters notes, a number of leaders in the West have made this connection without reference to evidence, ahead of US President Joe Biden.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded to Navalnaya’s statements with restraint. “We leave it without comment. Of course, these are absolutely baseless, vile accusations against the head of the Russian state. But since Yulia Navalnaya was widowed a few days earlier, I will leave it without comment,” he said.

He also called the accusations about the use of a Novichok nerve agent in the alleged murder unfounded. “I am not aware of this statement. But if it contained such words, they are nothing more than baseless accusations, because they are not supported by anything, they are not confirmed,” added Peskov.

Following the death of Alexei Navalny in prison, his widow Yulia Navalny appears to be emerging from the Western media as the face of Russia’s Russian opposition, yet the Russian opposition itself appears to be thin. According to Reuters, according to opinion polls, Putin has an approval rating of over 80% ahead of the presidential elections on March 15-17. Against him he will find three more candidates, who, however, are considered impossible to challenge his dominance.