Julia Nawalna, widow of the Russian opposition leader Aleksiej Navalny, stated at the Munich Safety Conference (MSC) that “the war, which Putin unleashed” in Ukraine, “would end only when he is not”. She warned the West that the Russian leader would lie and cheat regardless of what he committed to.
– Attempts to negotiate with Russian leader Vladimir Putin do not make sense – said on Friday at the Munich Safety Conference (MSC) widow of the Russian opposition Alexej Navalny, Julia.
– The war, which Putin unleashed, would end only when he would not be – Nawalna, whose husband died a year ago in a penal colony.
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According to her, Putin “will lie, cheat, change the rules of the game at the last minute and force you to play his game, exactly the same as a year ago”, when the agreement seemed close to the exchange of prisoners covering her husband.
Detention of an American in Russia
Navna believes that Putin's tactics may also be the release of a former US and teacher's Embassy employee at the English -language school in Moscow Marc Fogel on Tuesday. – An English teacher was released, and another American was already detained today – she noted.
The Russian Federal Customs Service announced on Friday that she had detained a 28-year-old US citizen at the Moscow Wnukovo airport. As a reason for detention, “smuggling of a significant amount of drugs”. The Reuters agency, however, quoted a message of the Customs Service, which shows that a marmalade with the addition of cannabis was found in the American's luggage.
Julia NavnaGian Ehrenzeller/Keystone/EPA/PAP
For her part, the leader of the Belarusian opposition Saint Cichanouska emphasized at MSC that it is necessary to support Ukraine. – By helping Ukraine, you help the whole region – she noted.
On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump conducted a telephone conversation with Putin, and then with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelnski. He informed that both leaders confirmed the readiness to achieve peace. He added that he gave the highest -ranking American officials to start negotiations to end the war.
Source of the main photo: Ramil Sitdikov/PAP/EPA