JOE Biden hugs Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s widow — shortly after calling Vladimir Putin a “crazy son of a bitch” yesterday.
Yulia and daughter Dasha met the US President in California, where he hailed Navalny’s “legacy of courage”.
President Putin’s critic died in an Arctic jail last Friday in suspicious circumstances.
Last night, the Kremlin hit back at “Hollywood cowboy” Biden by saying his comment about Putin “debases America”.
Navalny’s mother, meanwhile, said Russia was pressuring her to agree to a secret burial.
She said: “They want to take me to the outskirts of the cemetery to a fresh grave and say: ‘Here lies your son.’”
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Navalny had bravely challenged the tyrant’s rule and his horrific war in Ukraine.
He was locked away on trumped-up charges after a sham trial and has been vocal about his fears of assassination.
The activist was first picked up by Vlad’s brutal police in 2021 after returning to Russia following an assassination attempt.
In total he spent 308 days banged up – and there were reports that a sadistic Putin even demanded to see live footage of the 47-year-old undergoing punishment and being humiliated by guards.
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Navalny also went missing from a hellish Russian jail last year – and his supporters warned at the time that he could be executed.
Timeline around Navalny’s death:
A timeline published by Gulagu.net, a human rights group, revealed:
February 14: Several officers from the FSB, the Russian intelligence service, are said to have paid a visit to “Polar Wolf” prison — and proceeded to disconnect and dismantle some of the security cameras and listening devices there.
February 16, 2.17pm local time: Navalny, 47, was officially reported to have died.
February 16, 2.19pm: The prison service put out what appeared to be a prepared press release.
It read: “On February 16, 2024, in correctional colony No. 3, convict Navalny A.A. felt unwell after a walk, almost immediately losing consciousness.”
February 16, 2.23pm: A state-controlled channel on the Telegram messaging site claimed the cause of death was a blood clot, or thrombosis.
February 16, 2.30pm: Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin’s spokesman, fronted the media about Navalny’s death.
February 16: US President Joe Biden blasted: “Make no mistake, Putin is responsible for Navalny’s death. Even in prison he was a powerful voice for the truth.”
February 16: Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said: “Obviously, Putin killed him.”
February 17: Navalny’s mum Lyudmila Navalnaya, 69, said to be told she couldn’t see her son until an “examination” was completed.
February 17: Russian authorities claim the dad died of “sudden death syndrome”.
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Laura Goddard
