Biden meets Alexei Navalny's widow and daughter in California
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Source: the hill
by Laura Kelly - 02/22/24 3:12 PM ET
President Biden on Thursday met in California with the widow and daughter of Alexei Navalny, the prominent Russian opposition figure whose sudden death in jail last week is being blamed on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Biden met with Yulia and Dasha Navalnaya in San Francisco, expressing condolences for Navalny’s death, the White House said in a statement.
“The President expressed his admiration for Alexei Navalny’s extraordinary courage and his legacy of fighting against corruption and for a free and democratic Russia in which the rule of law applies equally to everyone,” the statement read.
The Biden administration is expected to announce on Friday a significant package of sanctions against Russia, marking two years since the country launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as well as sanctions issued in response to Navalny’s death......................................................................................
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/international/4483626-biden-alexei-navalny-navalnaya-california/
I am glad that Pres Biden took time to meet with the family.
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Yulia Navalnaya, wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, speaks as she meets with Belgium’s Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. (Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP)
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As opposed to saying he is like Mr. Navalny.
