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Julia Navalnaya will meet today in Brussels with the foreign ministers of the European Union, three days after the death of her husband, the leader of the Russian opposition Alexei Navalny, in a Russian prison.
"On Monday I will welcome Yulia Navalny to the Council of Foreign Ministers of the EU," said the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, yesterday, Sunday evening, through the X social network.
"EU ministers will send a strong message of support to freedom fighters in Russia and commemorate Alexei Navalny," he wrote.
Navalnya, 47, said she held Russian President Vladimir Putin "personally responsible" for her husband's death and called on the international community to inflict a defeat on "this terrible regime."
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani emphasized that Navalnya's statements "will help all Europeans better understand what kind of violent system we have to face and prevent in Ukraine."
"This makes us feel the threat that weighs on Russian citizens and all regions of our Europe, a continent where violence, brutality and war have returned in a shameful and irresponsible manner," Tajani added in a statement.
European Union foreign ministers will also discuss military support for Ukraine and a possible 13th package of sanctions against Moscow after it launched its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
Over the weekend, Russian police in dozens of cities arrested hundreds of people who had gone to lay flowers and light candles in Navalny's honor at memorials to victims of Stalinist-era repression.
Human rights organizations and independent media reported similar punishments in other cities.
Anti-Kremlin demonstrations and other public acts of opposition to the regime are illegal in Russia largely under a law that prohibits gatherings without a permit.
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