Navalny’s Wife Gets Blocked on Twitter as His Mom Confronts Putin

The widow of Putin foe Alexei Navalny has been booted from X shortly after using the platform to vow to continue her husband’s fight against Vladimir Putin.

Yulia Navalnaya shared her first post on the platform Monday, and less than 24 hours later her account had been suspended for supposedly “violating the X rules.” It was not immediately clear which rules she was accused of violating, but Navalny’s allies have called on X owner Elon Musk to explain the move.

The suspension came as other members of Navalny's family turned the pressure up on the Kremlin. The late opposition leader's mother on Tuesday appealed directly to the Russian president to demand the release of her son’s body after he died suddenly in a remote penal colony north of the Arctic Circle last week.

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