Correspondence from Strasbourg. The daughter of Vladimir Putin's eldest opponent in recent years talks about how dictatorships are trying to convince young people: “They have built an entire strategy around this concept”

“Dictators always try to make young people careless, convince us that politics is boring or not looking at us.” If you ignore us, we will ignore you too. Keep your head away, ignore the injustice and you will be left alone. ” (Eye 2025).

• The daughter of the former leader of the Russian opposition, Alexei Navalnîi, who died in a prison in Russia, was specially invited to the event, as a sign of protest against the regimes that forces freedom of expression.
• During the conference, the journalist Andrei Popoviciu also spoke about the decision -making transparency of the Constitutional Court in the annulment of tour 2 in the presidential elections in Romania, but also Javier Zarzalejos and Saskia Bricmont, members of the European Parliament, and Rieke Smit, a specialist in media and political education – and on the freedom in Europe.
• Alexei Navalnîi died in February 2024 in one of the hardest prisons in the Russian Federation-in the penitentiary colony IK-3 “Polar Wolf”.
• The presence of the Hotnews reporter at the event was provided by a scholarship offered by the European Parliament, within the program “European Parliament training for Young Journalists”.

Daria Navalnîi drew an alarm signal on the independence of the press and the right to free expression and information, reminiscent of journalists who wrote about Vladimir Putin's oppressive regime and who were subsequently threatened, imprisoned or even killed. She spoke with emotion about the death of her father, Alexei Navalnîi, and about the persecutions suffered by those who dared to denounce the abuses of him.

Voice of Navalnîi's daughter: a brave tribute to a life dedicated to democracy

Navalnîi's daughter made a plea for democracy and her father, who opposed corruption “What is the basis of Putin's regime”. She spoke about the countless criminal files made by the Investigation Committee of the Russian Federation, as well as about the blackmail exercised on their family, mentioning that her uncle, Oleg Navalnîi was “Used as a hostage” to compel Alexei.

Excited, Daria managed to talk about her father saying that “” My father has never hesitated to name things by name. He never compromised his consciousness. He never chose silence instead of truth, not even when telling the truth had a price. And that price was huge. Putin's regime is brutal and lacking. My uncle, his brother, Oleg Navalnîi, trying to use him as a hostage to press his father. ”

Alexei Navalnîi, paid tribute to his daughter's voice

Daria Navalnîi urged courage, to eliminate any trace of fear, even when life seems to be a fragrance, but it is worth taking an attitude for the right to expression and freedom. It spoke about how “They tried to kill Alexei, poisoning him with a chemical weapon. But he was not afraid then. My father returned to Russia, because he knew that his country deserves a man to betray it. He strongly believed that the tyrants should be afraid of the truth, because the truth is on our side.” In August 2020, when he was poisoned with the neurotoxic agent Noviciok while flying from Siberia to Moscow.

“Authoritarian regimes are based on fear and silence, and they are afraid of truth”

Navalnîi's daughter continued to talk about the moment of returning to Russia, despite the pressure and threats with death. “He spent three years in prison, in conditions similar to torture. And when Putin, he finally understood that no prison, no threat, no cruelty will defeat or reduce him, to kill. My father gave his life for his beliefs. regimes, there are people who refuse to shut up. ”

The protests of February 2024 as a manifest for Alexei Navalnîi

On February 16 and 17, 2024, in front of Russia's embassies in the great European capitals – Paris, Berlin, London, Rome, Vilnius – people were in the street shouting “Putin is a killer,” wrote The Guardian.

“They told the truth and were convicted”: Navalnîi's daughter, about the free press in Russia

In the plenary of the European Parliament, Daria Navalnîi sent thanks and gratitude to the journalists who published in the international press information for the cruel treatment to which her father was subjected, – even if this meant for some journalists to pay with years of prison. She also mentioned Antonina Favorskaya (Sota Vision), considered one of the last journalistic voices that reported from inside the Russian repressive system. “I want to talk to you only about a few of the brave journalists who are now closed in Russia. Antonina Favorskaya, who reported on my father's processes, when everyone else was afraid. Her colleague, Artyom Kriegel. Serghei Surganov, who worked with Associated Press and Deutsche Welle. years and half prison. said the daughter of Navalnîi.

“Our prisons are full of political prisoners whose” guilt “was that they opposed Putin and his war”

Daria Navalnîi drew attention to the terror and fear of speaking something other than dictating the little system: “Anyone who has the courage to tell the truth in Russia is in danger. Our prisons are full of political prisoners whose” guilt “was that they have opposed Putin and his war. And this is not an exception. Silence, I punish the opposition and incriminate honesty. ”

He drew attention to the remote -controlled countries, referring to Belarus and the harsh policies of President Aleksandr Lukașenko. “Even while we are here, in the heart of democratic Europe, we must remember that these regimes are not far.”

Information is no longer a right, but a weapon: Daria Navalnîi's warning

Daria Navalnîi compared authoritarianism with a virus: “When they win in a place, it spreads. Tirans share their tactics, improve their methods and export them to undermine democracies around the world.”

This pointed out that the war is now on the Internet, information is no longer a privilege or right, but power – who shouts louder and faster. “The fight is not only with weapons, but with carefully built rooms, keyboards and lies. Misinformation is one of the most powerful weapons. The Kremlin has transformed fake news into a military strategy, mixing enough truth to create confusion, division and chaos.”

Appeal to young people: not to be left “redeemed to silence” or “careless”, but to speak out loud and defend their rights, freedoms and values

“Dictors always try to make young people careless, convince us that politics is boring or telling us that it does not concern us. They built an entire strategy on this concept: «If you ignore us, we will ignore you. Keep your head away and ignore injustice, maybe you will be left alone. » But this is a lie. And I know this because my father demonstrated the opposite ”, He said with emotion to the generation in the room.