President Pavel receives Navalnaya at Prague Castle

President Petr Pavel today received Yuliya Navalnaya, widow of the Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, at Prague Castle. Navalnaya has become a symbol of resistance against Vladimir Putin’s regime, and thanks to her, her husband’s legacy lives on despite the risks, the Czech president wrote on X after their meeting. In the evening, Navalnaya will take part in a discussion at the Václav Havel Library, focusing among other things on a biographical book about her husband, which Navalny wrote before his death.