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As Putin claims victory in sham Russian election, Yulia Navalnaya steps in as his chief opponent
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Two things were on display as Russia’s stage-managed presidential election drew to a close: Vladimir Putin’s disregard for democracy, and the growing clout of his new chief nemesis, Yulia Navalnaya.
On Sunday, the Central Election Commission announced that Mr. Putin, who has been in power as president or prime minister since 1999, had won another six-year term with almost 88 per cent of the vote, a sharp rise from the 77.5-per-cent support he claimed in 2018.
Ahead of the election, she penned a column in The Washington Post calling on the international community not to recognize the result, and to treat Mr. Putin not as the President of Russia but as “a usurper, a tyrant, a war criminal – and a murderer.” On Sunday, she was cheered as she joined the blocks-long lineup of Russians waiting to cast their ballots in Berlin.
Ivan Zhdanov, the director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation that Mr. Navalny founded, and one of his top political aides during their prolonged attempt to challenge Mr. Putin’s grip on power, said Ms. Navalnaya was well-suited to carry on her husband’s role.
But so many times I was surprised that she knew our political strategies, or some not-so-well-known politicians in Russia, better than me,” Mr. Zhdanov in an interview at the foundation’s office in exile in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius.
“My advice to her would be to concentrate on delivering the message to the Russian people that we’re not fighting for our own interests or position,” Ms. Tsikhanouskaya said in her interview at her own headquarters in Vilnius, where she carries her files around with her in a black binder with her husband’s face on it.
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