Applauded by MEPs and holding Alexei Navalny’s picture, his daughter, Daria Navalnaya, received on Wednesday the European Parliament’s 2021 Sakharov Prize on behalf of her imprisoned father during a ceremony at the EU in Strasboug,
Accepting the prize in Navalny’s name, Daria Navalnaya asked for her father to be released from jail. She also criticised those eager to appease dictators in the interest of pragmatism, insisting that Europe must remain true to its ideals.
“When I wrote to my dad and asked: ‘What exactly do you want me to say in the speech from your point of view?’ he answered: Say that no one can dare to equate Russia to Putin’s regime.
Source: Cyprus News Agency