Russian dissident Ilya Yashin, who has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years for denouncing the attack on Ukraine, has vowed to continue his fight against Vladimir Putin, convinced the Russian president “ordered” the killing of Alexei Navalny.
“As long as my heart beats in my chest, I will fight against tyranny. As long as I live, I will fear no evil. As long as I breathe, I will be with my people. I swear it,” Ilya Yassin wrote in a letter made public by his relatives on social media.
Yasin declared “convinced” that Mr Vladimir Putin “ordered” his murder Alexei Navalnyof Yasin’s old friend.
“He didn’t just kill him, he killed him in a showy way. Especially before the (Russian presidential) elections so that no one doubts Putin’s involvement,” he added.
News comes slowly to the camp barracks, and I only learned about the death of Alexei Navalny yesterday. It’s hard to convey my shock. It’s hard to gather your thoughts. The pain and horror are unbearable.
And yet I will not remain silent – I will say what I consider important.
For me there is no question: what… pic.twitter.com/llHOXhSs5o
— Ilya Yashin (@IlyaYashin) February 20, 2024
“In Putin’s mind, power manifests itself in this way: with murder, brutality and revenge. This thinking is not the thinking of a statesman. It’s the thinking of a gang leader,” the opposition leader continued.
In April 2023, Ilya Yashin, 40, was sentenced in the second degree to eight-and-a-half years in prison for reporting “the killing of civilians” in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, near Kiev, where the Russian military is accused of atrocities, which Moscow denies. as it always does when its forces are accused of war crimes.
In November, he was transferred to a penal colony in Safonovo, near Smolensk, in western Russia.
According to protothema, a fighter of the Russian opposition since the beginning of the 2000s, such as Alexei Navalny, was an old friend of the latter.
“Alexei will go down in history as a man of extraordinary courage who stood up for his convictions. He marched forward in contempt of fear and death. He walked forward with a smile and a proud head held high. And he died like a hero,” hailed Ilya Yassin.
“Putin will remain a small man who accidentally acquired enormous power,” he continued.
Ilya Yashin was also a close friend and associate of another prominent politician opposed to Vladimir Putin, Boris Nemtsov, who was assassinated in 2015 in Moscow.
“The pain and horror are unbearable. But despite this, I will not be silent,” he wrote in his letter.
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