“Brave and steadfast’: Navalny’s widow mourns with her daughter and gives emotional insight. Julia Navalny has addressed the public for the first time since the death of her husband, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, with a very private insight.

“Oh, my sweet girl. I came here to hug and support you, and you sit there and support me,” Navalny wrote in Russian under the picture. The 23-year-old says she lives in the USA and studies at Stanford University in California.