Alexei Navalny $ s widow stated she prepares to run for president of Russia after Vladimir Putin leaves workplace and complimentary and fair elections in the nation become possible.
$ My goal is to produce change in the country.
If I return to Russia, I will run for president, $ Yulia Navalnya told the BBC in an interview aired just days before the release of her husband $ s posthumous memoir $ Patriot.
$ $ My political challenger is Vladimir Putin.
And I will do whatever to make his program fall as soon as possible, $ Navalnaya, who resides in exile abroad, said.Shortly after Navalny passed away at an Arctic penal nest in February, Navalnaya vowed to continue his activist work.
Russian law enforcement authorities charged her with $ participating in an extremist organization $ in July.Navalny died under unclear circumstances while serving a 19-year jail sentence on charges of arranging an extremist group.
Several Western federal governments sanctioned Moscow in response and required an independent examination into his death, while the Kremlin has denied allegations that it eliminated Navalny in prison.Navalnaya told the BBC that she wish to see Putin face trial and serve jail time in Russia.
$ And it $ s not just that $ I desire him to be kept in the same conditions Alexei was kept in, $ she said, including that a group of private investigators she leads exposed $ evidence $ about Navalny $ s death.
She swore to launch those findings in the future.