site.btaMRF Floor Leader Peevski: Only Way to Defend Democracy Is to Support Ukraine

What happened with Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Friday confirms the point of a values-based unification of all democratic and European forces against the regime in Moscow, Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) floor leader Delyan Peevski commented here on Friday, as quoted by his party's press office.

In his words, the most important thing that Bulgaria has done as a country by supporting Ukraine is that it has become an integral part of the struggle to preserve peace. This support should continue because the war is about European values and democracy, he added.

Navalny was serving a 19-year sentence for extremism. In December 2023, he was transferred to a maximum security penal colony north of the Polar Circle. In an official statement, the Federal Penitentiary Service said that Navalny felt unwell after a walk on Friday and lost consciousness. Medical staff was called, but were unable to resuscitate him.