Testimonies from the Russian opposition

Following the death of prominent Russian anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny, MEPs will discuss the state of Russia’s democratic opposition with the following guests:
- Leonid Volkov, Chief of staff of Alexei Navalny, Anti-Corruption Foundation (remotely)
- Evgenia Kara-Murza, Advocacy Director at the Free Russia Foundation, wife of political prisoner Vladimir Kara-Murza
- Vladimir Milov, Vice-President of the Free Russia Foundation, former Vice-Minister of Energy of Russia
Navalny, an opposition politician and well-known critic of President Vladimir Putin, died under mysterious circumstances on Friday 16 February. He was detained in a remote penal colony in the Russian Arctic, serving a long prison sentence on trumped-up charges.
The Parliament’s foreign affairs committee, human rights subcommittee and delegation for relations with Russia will discuss the state of the country’s democratic opposition ahead of the presidential elections scheduled for 15-17 March 2024. They will also examine the latest developments regarding the inhuman prison conditions in which Navalny was kept and his subsequent death, as well as the situation of all those Russian opposition voices currently behind bars.