Numerous flowers and candles, as well as a poster with a now-famous message urging Russians not to give up, were laid in front of the Russian embassy in Bucharest in memory of Russian activist Alexei Navalny, who died on Friday in the colony. in Siberia, News.ro reports. Vlad Gheorghe, a member of the European Parliament from “Renew Europe” is organizing a memorial event for the enemy of the Kremlin on Sunday.

On the sidewalk in front of the building where the embassy of the Russian Federation is located, white flowers were laid and candles were lit. Together with bouquets of flowers – two photos of Navalny.

PHOTO Inquam Photos / Sabin Cirstoveanu

A poster with Navalny’s image, the date of his death, February 16, 2024, and a message that he will allegedly convey to the Russians, was placed on the trunk of a tree located in the park near the embassy. after his death “Don’t give up.” Bouquets of white and red flowers and numerous lighted candles are placed at the base of the tree.

PHOTO: Inquam Photos / Sabin Cirstoveanu

The commemoration of Oleksii Navalny, organized by the MEP Vlad Gheorghe

MEP Vlad Gheorghe calls to say goodbye to Oleksiy Navalny on Sunday from 12.00 in front of the Russian embassy in the capital.

• “Vladimir Putin refused to give his name. He tried to poison him, imprisoned him illegally, tortured him for three years in the harshest prisons in Russia, in conditions that are difficult to describe. Oleksiy Navalny, deported to Siberia, died at the age of 47. The strongest voice of the opposition in Russia was silenced just a month before the elections organized by the Kremlin regime.
• He could still be alive today if he had not returned to Putin’s Russia. He decided to put the dream of a liberated country, the dream of freedom of every Russian citizen, higher than his own life.
• Peacefully, with candles and flowers, we pay our last respects to the one who had the courage and dignity to stand up to his criminal to the death and beyond – Oleksiy Navalny,” reads the description of the IN MEMORIAM event. Oleksiy Navalny – killed by a criminal regime.

Navalny, a 47-year-old former lawyer, lost consciousness and died on Friday after a walk in the Polar Wolf colony, the prison service of the Yamalo-Nenets region, where Navalny was serving his sentence, said on Friday.

Western leaders, led by US President Joe Biden, paid tribute to Navalny’s bravery and, without providing evidence, accused President Vladimir Putin of being responsible for his death.

The mother of Alexei Navalny was told on Saturday that the Russian opposition leader had been stricken with “sudden death syndrome” and that his body would not be released to his family until the investigation was completed, the opposition team said.

“Sudden death syndrome” is a loose term for various cardiac syndromes that cause sudden cardiac arrest and death.

It is also unclear where Navalny’s body is located, his team reported. His mother said the body had been taken to Salekhard, a town near the prison, but when she arrived at the morgue, it was closed.