A woman in Moscow holds a sign in Russian that reads 'Alexei Navalny died today' following the death of the Russian opposition leader on Feb. 16, 2024, in this still image obtained from a social media video.
While some see hints of possible successors who could follow in Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's footsteps after his death, the political landscape for anyone opposing Vladimir Putin’s iron grip is bleak.Exiled Belarussian leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya was with Alexei Navalny’s wife when she heard the first reports of his death.
For more than two decades, she has stood by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's side, raising their two children but rarely positioning herself as an independent political figure, despite once being called "the first lady of the Russian opposition" in a MoscowAlexei Navalny's wife, Yulia, said Friday she doesn't yet know if her husband is dead, because Russian President Vladimir Putin is 'always lying.
Maya Bagriantseva is a former Moscow journalist who joined a protest following Navalny's death in front of the Russian embassy in Riga."The bad thing is, there is almost no political power left that can serve as opposition, as a real opposition, to the current leaders," she said. "I don't see any positive things at the moment."
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