Biden Meets With Navalny’s Widow, Daughter in San Francisco

The president praised the late Russian opposition leader’s ‘extraordinary courage and his legacy,’ according to the White House.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, his wife Yulia, opposition politician Lyubov Sobol and other demonstrators march in memory of murdered Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov in downtown Moscow on February 29, 2020. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images

President Joe Biden met on Feb. 22 with the widow and daughter of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died recently in a prison in the Arctic. The White House stated that the meeting took place in San Francisco, where the president is holding campaign events for his reelection.

“President Biden met with Yulia and Dasha Navalnaya today in San Francisco to express his heartfelt condolences for their terrible loss following the death of Aleksey Navalny in a Russian prison,” the White House stated.