US President Joe Biden met in San Francisco on Thursday with the widow and daughter of the late Russian opponent Alexei Navalny, whose death has caused hundreds of Russians to gather in improvised vigils, while the United States, the European Union and others Countries point to the Kremlin as responsible.
After the meeting, in statements to the press, Biden affirmed that Navalni was “a man of incredible courage” and assured that the opponent’s widow, Yulia Navalni, and his daughter Dasha, who studies at Stanford University in California, ” They are following his example. Regarding Navalni’s widow, Biden stated that she “will continue the fight” and that “she will not give up.”
Shortly before, the White House had reported in a statement about the meeting, during which Biden expressed his “heartfelt condolences” to the opponent’s widow and daughter for the “terrible loss” of the death of his 47-year-old father. and considered the main voice of opposition against the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.
According to the White House, during the meeting, Biden expressed his “admiration” for Navalny’s “extraordinary courage” and for “his legacy of fighting corruption and for a free and democratic Russia in which the rule of law is equally applied.” to all”.
The United States will announce this Friday 500 new sanctions against Russia in retaliation for the war in Ukraine, which marks two years this Saturday, and for the death of Navalni. White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan detailed that the sanctions will focus on elements related to the Russian defense industrial base and sources of income for the Russian economy that fuel the country’s “war machine.”
