Navalny’s widow accuses Putin of killing him and vows to continue his work [Video]

The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has vowed to continue his fight against the Kremlin while authorities deny his mother access to a morgue where his body is believed to be held after his death last week at an Arctic penal colony.

Fighting back tears, Yulia Navalnaya accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of killing her husband in the remote prison and vowed to punish him and other alleged perpetrators.

Russian authorities said that the cause for Navalny’s death on Friday at age 47 is still unknown.

He had been jailed since January 2021, when he returned to Moscow after recuperating in Germany from poisoning with a Novichok-type nerve agent that he blamed on the Kremlin. He received three prison terms since his arrest, on a number of charges he has rejected as politically motivated.

“They are cowardly and …