The Prime Minister says in a post on social media that Navalny, who crusaded against corruption in Russia, should never have been imprisoned to begin with
said Friday, offering his condolences to the opposition leader’s family and all who champion his pursuit of justice.as someone who was “standing up with extraordinary courage for a better future for Russia and Russians.”Speaking to a crowd at the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce, Trudeau said there is no question Navalny knew this outcome “was always going to be a possibility.”
Russia’s prison agency said Nalvalny, who was serving a 19-year sentence in an Arctic penal colony, died Friday. Carleton University political science professor Andrea Chandler said one way for Canada to respond would be “to say that they hope that the Navalny family will one day know the full facts of what happened to their loved one.”
In comments broadcast on CBC Manitoba’s Information Radio show Friday, Trudeau said he was “reeling” over the reports. Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said in a post on social media that Navalny’s reported death is a “painful reminder” of Putin’s “continued oppressive regime.”Just hours after his death was reported, Navalny’s wife, Yulia Navalnaya, took the stage at a security conference in Germany that Joly and Defence Minister Bill Blair are attending this week.“But then I thought what Alexei would do in my place.
He had been in prison since January, 2021, when he returned to Moscow to face certain arrest after recuperating in Germany from nerve agent poisoning he blamed on the Kremlin.
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