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AUTHOR:M.J. GDNUS
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz paid tribute to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Sunday on the one-year anniversary of his death, saying he died “because he fought for democracy and freedom in Russia.”
“Russian President Vladimir Putin is brutally fighting against freedom and its defenders. Navalny’s work was even more courageous,” Scholz said in a post on the X network.
“His courage made a difference and goes far beyond his death.”
The charismatic Navalny – Putin’s main opponent who campaigned against government corruption – died a year ago while imprisoned in a remote Arctic prison colony.
Russian authorities have never fully explained Navalny’s death, which occurred while he was walking in a prison yard.
His supporters are set to mark the anniversary of his death on Sunday, risking reprisals, by visiting his grave in Moscow.
Some Russian pro-Kremlin Telegram channels have warned supporters not to go to the cemetery.
Commemorative events will also be held in other places, such as Berlin, where Navalny's widow Yulia Navalnaya, who lives in exile along with many other Russian dissidents, will share memories of her husband.
