A poignant message of love.
While Alexeï Navalny was buried this Friday March 1 in a Moscow cemetery in the presence of thousands of his supporters who came to pay a final tribute to the main critic of the Kremlin, his wife paid him a final tribute on social networks.
In the wake of this highly publicized and closely monitored funeral, Yulia Navalnaya published a long text on her Instagram account.
“Thank you for these 26 years of absolute happiness.
Yes, even for these last three years of happiness,” she begins, referring to the three years during which her husband was imprisoned by the Kremlin.
“For love, for always supporting me, for making me laugh even from prison, for always thinking of me,” she continues in this long text accompanied by a video showing many shared moments, in public and in private, by the two lovers.
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“I don't know how to live without you, but I will try to make you happy and proud of me from up there.
I don't know if I can handle it or not, but I'll try.
We will definitely see each other again one day.
I have so many untold stories for you, and I have so many songs recorded for you on my phone, stupid and funny, in general, and to be honest, terrible songs, but they're about us, and I wanted really see you listening to them, laughing, then hugging me,” she wrote, before concluding with “I love you forever, rest in peace.
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Last week, the day was 26 years absolutely free.
So, it's been three times since it was released.
За любовь, за то, что смешил даже из тюрьм ы, за то что ты обо мне всегда думал.
And I don't know what to do with it, I'm going to post it, it's the same, it's the same,… pic. twitter.com/ybF31AuD47
— Yulia Navalnaya (@yulia_navalnaya) March 1, 2024
“No to war!”
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Many of Navalny's supporters attended the funeral, some with flowers, and many were seen crying or on the verge of tears in their eyes.
Many of them chanted “No to war!”
», “We will not forget you!”
» or even “We will not forgive”.
In the church, the body of Alexei Nalvalny was shown to the public for the first time, covered with dozens of red and white flowers, while those present held candles, noted an AFP journalist.
Critic of the Kremlin and charismatic anti-corruption activist, Alexeï Navalny died on February 16 at the age of 47 in a Russian penal colony in the Arctic in circumstances which remain obscure.
His collaborators, Yulia Navalnaya and the West accuse Vladimir Putin of being responsible for his death, which the Kremlin denies.
After delaying handing over the remains of the deceased to his relatives, the Russian authorities finally did so last weekend, allowing the organization of this funeral.