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And she immediately captivated the hundreds of leaders there—myself included. Navalnaya addressed the news that had broken just hours before that her husband Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, [had died](https://time.com/6920817/russia-election-putin-navalny-2024/). With great courage, Navalnaya denounced the lies and cruelty of the Russian government. She wondered out loud if she should have remained in Munich after she heard the news. “What would Alexei have done in my place?” she asked. “He would be on this stage.” We met later that day and spoke about her children and how her family was contemplating the fate not just of her husband, but also of his cause. To the benefit of people around the world, Yulia Navalnaya has now assumed her own leadership role on the world stage. Navalnaya has [vowed to continue](https://time.com/6967013/exclusive-yulia-navalnaya-speaks/) her husband’s fight for justice and the rule of law, giving renewed hope to those working against corruption and for a free, democratic Russia. And in so doing, she demonstrates exceptional [selflessness and strength](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/27/style/yulia-navalnaya-russia-opposition.html). Since that day in Munich, Navalnaya has emerged not only as a symbol of democratic values, but as a courageous fighter for them. The United States stands with her—and all those [fighting for freedom](https://time.com/6967545/yulia-navalnaya-interview-alexei-navalny/) and democracy. _Harris, a Democrat, is Vice President of the United States_  Photograph by Kristina Varaksina for TIME [_Find the 2024 TIME100 covers here in the TIME cover store_](https://timecoverstore.com/collections/2024+time+100) ## Transcript In early April, I got to travel to Vilnius Lithuania, which is the home base now of the Russian dissident movement any kind of political dissent in Russia, Today is extremely dangerous. So now the movement is effectively in Exile is really a privilege to talk to you in the morning at this moment because since her husband's death, she has not given an interview to the press and a lot of people in Russia and and people who follow the opposition movement in Russia have been wondering what she will do after stepping into the role that her husband occupied as the leader of the opposition. I'm Simon Schuster. I'm a senior correspondent for Time Magazine focusing mostly on coverage of Russia and Ukraine and I first met Alexei navalny in Moscow when he was really just entering the national political arena in Russia. I interviewed many times as he progressed in his career got to know him quite well got to know his activist organization and was hit very hard when News of his death broke in February and leave this morning claiming. He was murdered his career as an activist in a dissident is why fuel in the wall has been by his side supporting him very much an active advisor, but she was never really front and center in the spotlight. She has decided to step up into the center of the frame and take leadership over his activist Network and activist organization, which is known as the anti-corruption foundation. She didn't have a lot of time to grieve she is his jump headlong into diplomatic efforts and revolutionary efforts tied to the work of of their activist Network. If you don't know why she wouldn't. She is a different figure. She's a different leader. You'll in the volume is very smart and very good speaker a very good and effective public speaker. I think she's more serious than than her late husband exudes a kind of righteous anger and rage with the regime that Alexei navalny generally kept to himself or we're cloaked in a kind of ironic sense of humor. And that kind of righteous anger is something that could serve her well in winning allies in winning supporters inside Russia or the not necessarily support the opposition movement in with the censorship that exists there today is aware of Alexei navalny's killing. They know what happened to him. Willing to volunteer cause as someone who is out to avenge her husband killing is something that I've heard a number of activists talked about as a real asset and winning people over. What are the things that you live in the wild talks about with me in some detail is finding ways through the internet or other means available to them to show people that you are not alone. If you oppose Putin that there are there many many Russians who oppose this machine is a blade opposition leader Alexei navalny who urged people to turn out to spoil that by any of the candidates exists that they are still there that the consensus around supporting. This regime is not nearly as strong as Gremlin propaganda would like you to believe and their main objective is to maintain a sense of community inside Russia for people who are opposed to Vladimir Putin's regime and to engage in effectively counter propagate. So to give people a source of news and information and ideas that runs counter to the kremlin's messaging on Kremlin run television, they have TV studios that they use to film and broadcast their message in their videos into Russia against Putin understands the physical risks that they're under all of them are forced to look over their shoulders. Long time. I lay off about it. He was assaulted while in his car in the Lithuanian Capital Vilnius. They are in in serious danger basically all the time. They have decided that they will live with the risks. They will live with the physical dangers they face because it's necessary for them to be out and about what is things I discussed with the Union the volume I asked her. Did you ever talk to your husband when he was alive about her potentially taking leadership of their movement if you were to be killed and she surprised me and saying that know they have never talked about that. It was her decision to step into that role. She said that she doesn't like to think very much about what he would make of that decision. 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