Russian President Putin and his associates will not go unpunished if the death of Alexei Navalny, announced by the Russian prison service, is confirmed, the Kremlin critic‘s wife said. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Yulia Navalnaya said she was sceptical about the news of her husband’s death because it had come from Russian govt sources.
“We cannot trust Putin and the Putin govt. They always lie,” said Navalnaya, who was solemn and tearful. “But if this is true, I want Putin, his entire entourage, Putin’s friends, his govt to know that they will bear responsibility… And this day will come very soon”. However later in the day, Navalny’s spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said there is “almost no hope” that he is alive.