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Yulia Navalnaya - "My fight for a free Russia"

The 成人论坛's Sarah Rainsford says a video released by Yulia Navalnaya is a deliberate and dramatic step into the political spotlight that was occupied for years, by her husband.

Yulia Navalnaya speaks firmly, looking directly into the camera. Her voice cracks when she talks of the grief and never-ending pain that now envelops her following the death of her husband, Alexei Navalny. In a video - posted to her tens of thousands of followers on social media - she vows to continue his work to fight for a "free Russia".

So what do we know about Yulia Navalnaya - and what does this video tell us about her political ambitions? The 成人论坛's Eastern Europe Correspondent, Sarah Rainsford, has this analysis in our latest 5 Minutes On podcast.

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