After the death of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, numerous politicians have spoken out. Many of them blame the Kremlin for Navalny’s death.
Alexei Navalny, the most prominent critic of the Russian leadership, is dead. The prison administration of the northern Russian region of Yamal announced this on Friday, as reported by the state agency Tass. The Kremlin critic died on Friday in a penal colony in the Russian polar region. Here you can read more about it.
Olaf Scholz: Russia has not been a democracy for a long time
Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke about Navalny’s death at a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. According to Scholz, the news shows once again that Russia has long ceased to be a democracy.
Video | Scholz on Navalny’s death: “It’s no longer a democracy”
What: Reuters
Scholz also described the death of the opposition figure as “very depressing” and praised the great courage that Navalny showed when he voluntarily returned to Russia in 2021, even though he had to expect his arrest. Navalny has “now probably paid for this courage with his life”. Overall, Navalny’s death was something “very terrible,” said Scholz.
Zelensky and Merkel shocked by Navalny’s death
The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selenskyj At the press conference, he demanded that Putin be held accountable for Navalny’s death. Here you can read more about it.
Also former Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke to “Bild” about Navalny’s death. “The news of Alexei Navalny’s death fills me with great shock. He was a victim of Russia’s repressive state power.
It is terrible that a courageous, fearless voice that stood up for his country was silenced using terrible methods. My thoughts are with his wife, his children, his friends and his employees.”
Video | Video is said to show Navalny the day before his death
Quelle: t-online
Numerous other politicians commented after Navalny’s death became known, especially on social media. The Parliamentary Managing Director of the FDP in the Bundestag, Johannes Vogel, blames Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Putin is a murderer,” Vogel declared on the X platform. “No one should ever be mistaken about Putin’s deadly brutality.”
Also Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach took a stand on Rest in peace.”
“Navalny was Putin’s feared opponent”
Also vice-chancellor Robert Habeck has reacted with dismay to the death of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny. “Alexander Navalny’s death shocks me to the core,” said the Economics and Climate Protection Minister on Friday. “The Putin regime has him on his conscience.”
Habeck said Navalny lost his life in his commitment to a better Russia. “He was a patriot who stood up for democracy and the rule of law and loved his country and the people there. More than his own life.”
Despite the danger to his life, he returned to Russia, said Habeck. “My thoughts are now with his wife Yulia Navalnaya and everyone who, like Alexander Navalny, is fighting for a free Russia.”
“Today is a black day”
Federal Minister of Education Bettina Stark-Watzinger (FDP) has described the death of the imprisoned opposition politician Alexei Navalny as a “crime”. By “opposing Russian President Vladimir Putin and fighting for freedom and human rights, Navalny has shown great courage,” the FDP politician said on Friday on X.
“He had to pay for this with his life. Today is a black day. My thoughts are with his family.”
Hofreiter: “Russia has become a criminal state”
Video | Anton Hofreiter on the death of Navalny
Quelle: t-online
