Why the Navalny Sentence Hits Home for Marina Litvinenko
YOU HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP TO WHAT'S GOING ON. YOUR HUSBAND WAS THE FIRST, IF NOT THE FIRST DISSIDENT TO BE POISONED IN THE U.K. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO YULIA, ALEXEY NAVALNY'S WIFE, AND HOW DO YOU SEE -- WHERE DO YOU THINK THE KREMLIN MIGHT DRAW A LINE IN THIS KIND OF REACTION TO POLITICAL OPPOSITION? >> YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. SO WHAT HAPPENED TO ALEXEY NAVALNY AND HIS FAMILY, IT'S VERY PERSONAL TO ME. AND FOR WHAT HAPPENED IN 2006 IN LONDON AND WHAT HAPPENS NOW IN RUSSIA IN BERLIN AND MOSCOW, IT'S A VERY, VERY TOUCHING. AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YULIA NAVALNY IS GOING THROUGH BECAUSE IN MY EXPERIENCE BEING IN RUSSIAN COURT AS WELL, AND UNDERSTANDING YOU CAN'T FIND ANY TRUTH, EVEN THEY TRY TO DO IT EVERYTHING IN A LOW WAY, WHY ALEXEY NAVALNY AGREE TO COME BACK TO MOSCOW? HE KNEW HE WOULD BE ARRESTED. BUT HE STILL BELIEVE IN SOME LAW, SYSTEM STILL SURVIVE IN RUSSIA. BUT WHAT YOU SAW TODAY, IT DIDN'T. BUT IN MY SITUATION I WAS IN U.K. IT WAS A DIFFERENT BACKGROUND. IT WAS A DIFFERENT INVESTIGATION, DIFFERENT SUPPORT. BUT WHAT I SEE NOW AND YULIA AND ALEXI AND HIS -- EVERYBODY HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT. IT'S A NEW GENERATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY BRAVE. AND FOR WHAT ALEXEY NAVALNY DID, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM TO FEEL AND TO SEE HOW THE REAL POLITICIAN COULD BE HONEST AND BRAVE.
Follow Us