Yulia Navalnaya’s X Account Gets Reactivated, After Being Suspended For Nearly an Hour – News18

The social media site X on Tuesday briefly blocked the account of Yulia Navalnaya, just a day after she created it, following the death of her husband, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

In a video message that was shared on the social media platform by Navalnaya, she said that for years  she did not see herself as a political figure but on Monday she vowed to continue her husband’s work. She further alleged in the clip that Russian President Vladimir Putin had killed him.

After being suspended for around 50 minutes without explanation, the @Yulia_Navalnaya account page was accessible again.

The page had included a link to the site’s rules of use but did not specify the reason for the account had been suspended.

According to the stated rules, accounts can be suspended for issues ranging from safety and privacy concerns, like hate speech or sharing private information, to authenticity and verification, such as impersonating people online.

The social media account was created by Navalnaya on Monday and several of Navalny’s top aides and official accounts verified that it was her real account.

On Monday, she posted an emotional video appeal on the platform accusing Putin of killing Navalny and calling on Russians to join her in fighting against the Kremlin.

Hours before the suspension she had also posted angry response to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov after he told reporters her accusations of Putin’s involvement in her husband’s death were “vulgar and unfounded.”

Navalnaya said she did not “give a damn”.

Navalny, Putin’s most vocal critic for the last decade, died Friday in the Arctic prison colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence widely seen as punishment for campaigning against the Kremlin.

Putin has not publicly commented on his death.

(with AFP inputs)