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Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, was presented with the Deutsche Welle Freedom of Speech Award in Berlin on Wednesday. Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation was also recognized at the ceremony for its fight against the Russian government’s attempts to crack down on freedom of the press. In her acceptance speech, Navalnaya said the foundation would continue its work despite her the death of her husband, who was widely seen as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s main opposition rival, in unexplained circumstances in a Siberian prison camp earlier this year. Navalnaya sa…

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