Alexei Navalny's wife takes up his call for big Russian election day protest
Yulia Navalnaya, wife of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, called on Russians to join an election day protest at noon March 17 and to vote against President Vladimir Putin or spoil their ballots.
Yulia Navalnaya, wife of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, called on Russians to join an election day protest at noon March 17 and to vote against President Vladimir Putin or spoil their ballots.
In a YouTube video, Navalnaya said she had drawn hope from the huge crowds that turned out last week for the funeral of her husband, who died in an Arctic penal colony Feb. 16, and who since then have submerged his grave in a sea of flowers.
“Looking at you, I am convinced that everything is not in vain, and this thought gives me strength,” she said.
“Now you all know that there are actually a lot of us, all those who love and support Alexei, who share his ideas and, as long as we have each other, it’s not over.”
Navalny, in one of his last public messages, had urged people to protest against Putin by voting en masse at noon local time in the March 17 presidential election, forming large crowds and overwhelming polling stations.
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