Navalny's widow calls for Russia election day gatherings on March 17 to show dismay with Putin

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Navalny’s widow calls for Russia election day gatherings on March 17 to show dismay with Putin

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated 9:33 AM EST, March 6, 2024

The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in an Arctic prison three weeks ago, called on his supporters on Wednesday to join a protest of this month’s presidential election that Navalny devised shortly before his still-unexplained death.

Yulia Navalnaya asked Russians opposed to President Vladimir Putin to get in line at voting stations on March 17, the last and main day of voting.

Putin is certain to win a fifth term in office, potentially extending his rule to 2030, in the election that includes only token opponents.

Navalnaya acknowledged that in a video message on X, formerly Twitter, saying “Putin will imagine any result that he likes, even 80, even 180 percent.”

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/russia-navalny-widow-election-protest-putin-3ee7c4fe10d0907b5639b13775ac5109

[Farmer-Rick]

1. Ah the true problem with one man ruling an entire country

Dictators are going to dictate.