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The widow of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who died in a Russian camp prison, was invited to the deliberations of European foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday. As foreign affairs official Josep Borrell further reported on Platform According to his spokeswoman, EU Council President Charles Michel also wants to receive Yulia Navalnaya.

Shortly after news of her husband’s death, Navalnaya appeared at the Munich Security Conference on Friday and called for a fight against President Vladimir Putin’s Russian power apparatus in a highly regarded speech.

Russian authorities said Navalny, physically weakened after many days in repeated solitary confinement, collapsed on Friday while walking in the courtyard of his Siberian prison camp in freezing temperatures. According to the prison service, resuscitation attempts failed.

During their meeting, which is also attended by Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, the EU foreign ministers want to decide on the start of the European military operation to secure merchant shipping in the Middle East. The plan for Operation Aspides calls for sending European warships to the Red Sea and adjacent sea areas. They are intended to protect merchant ships against attacks by the militant Islamist Houthis from Yemen. The militia wants to put an end to Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip by shelling ships, which followed the massacre by the Islamist Hamas in Israel. Germany wants to participate with the frigate “Hessen”. (sda/dpa)