Ready To Continue The Struggle Of The Late Husband, Navalny's Wife: I Want To Build A Free Russia

JAKARTA - Yulia Navalnaya, wife of Russia's late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, said on Monday she would continue her husband's struggle for Russian freedom, asking her supporters to fight President Vladimir Putin with greater anger than ever before.

In an angry nine-minute video message, Navalnaya (47) said President Vladimir Putin had killed her husband. She said the only answer to the crime was to continue the struggle of her late husband for the free and prosperous Russia. The Russians, he said, wanted a different life, although the hopes were small.

"I want to live in a free Russia, I want to build a free Russia," Reuters reported on February 19.

"I encourage you to stand beside me," he said.

"I ask you to share anger with me. Anger, anger, hatred against those who dare to kill our future," he exclaimed.

The Russian correctional agency on Friday announced Navalny died at the age of 47 in prison where he served his sentence. They stated Navalny lost consciousness after a walk in the Arctic Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, where the prison is located.

Navalnaya accused Russian authorities of hiding Navalny's body and waiting for traces of Novichok's neurotoxicity to disappear from his body.

The Kremlin itself denies involvement in Navalny's death, saying Western claims that President Putin is responsible for the death is unacceptable.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday the investigation into Navalny's death was ongoing.

When asked why President Putin had not made public comments about Navalny's death, Peskov said: "I don't need to add anything to what has been said about this topic," CNN quoted him as saying.