Her husband, President Putin’s most vocal critic, was sentenced to 19 years for extremism, charges that were seen as politically motivated. He died in February in a brutal penal colony in the Arctic Circle. US President Joe Biden said there was "no doubt" Putin was to blame. Russia denies killing Navalny.

Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, remains a defiant critic of Vladimir Putin. She understands she risks being kidnapped or poisoned, but says she's not afraid.

Alexei Navalny died in an Arctic prison in unclear circumstances in February. His widow Navalnaya said that she vowed to keep up her husband's work, but said she would not be returning to Russia to do so.

The Russian leader's top political opponent died in an Arctic prison in unclear circumstances. Read more at straitstimes.com.