Two days before Alexei Navalny’s funeral, Yulia Navalnaya came to the European Parliament and addressed the MEPs. In her speech, she blamed the Russian regime under the leadership of Vladimir Putin for the death of her husband. She said that the act showed that „Putin is capable of anything and you cannot negotiate with him„. She told MEPs that in order to defeat Putin, you have to be inventive. „You can’t hit Putin with the next resolution or a new package of sanctions.“ Other conditions apply to Putin: „You are not dealing with a politician but with a bloody mafioso.“