Navalny's widow tells Putin to release war opponents

Before the US-Russia summit on the Ukraine war, opposition figure Yulia Navalnaya has called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to release all political prisoners.

"This step will go down in history. Just take it," the widow of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who died in a penal colony in 2024, said in a video message on Friday to the summit participants in the US state of Alaska.

She said there are 1,000 political prisoners in Russia. Dozens have been sentenced to many years in penal colonies for protesting against Putin's war.

Navalny's widow tells Putin before summit to release war opponents