Alexei Navalny’s widow urges Russians to stage election day protest

Yulia Navalnaya has urged Russians to protest on election day (Jean-Francois Badias/AP)

The widow of Alexei Navalny, who died in an Arctic prison three weeks ago, has called on his supporters to join a protest at the presidential election that the Russian opposition leader devised shortly before his death.

Yulia Navalnaya asked Russians opposed to President Vladimir Putin to form long queues at polling stations at midday on March 17, the last and main day of voting.