Yulia Navalnaya
X temporarily blocked the account of Navalny’s widow
In an emotional video, Yulia Navalnaya, Alexei Navalny’s widow, announced the continued fight against the Russian regime. X briefly blocked the channel she set up yesterday, but now it is free again.
The online service X (formerly Twitter) has the account of the widow of the Kremlin critic who died in custody Alexei Navalny banned on Tuesday. On Yulia Navalnaya’s account, which was set up just the day before, the note appeared: “Account blocked. X blocks accounts that violate our rules.” No further details were initially given about the reasons. Shortly afterwards, however, the channel was activated again, initially without giving any reasons.
Navalnaya blamed Putin for the death of Alexei Navalny
The Kremlin critic’s widow had previously blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for her husband’s death in a Russian prison camp and said she would continue Navalny’s work. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov then described her words as “foul and absolutely unfounded accusations against the Russian head of state.”
According to the Russian penal authorities, Navalny, one of Putin’s most prominent opponents, suddenly collapsed and died while walking in a prison camp in the Arctic Circle on Friday at the age of 47.
Note: This article has been updated with new information.