Yulia Navalnaya says Putin is not Russias legitimate president [Video]

Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, said on Tuesday that Vladimir Putin was not the legitimate president of Russia and that she would try to convince world leaders not to sit down to negotiate with him.

Putin won 87.3 per cent of the vote and a new six-year term on Sunday in an election which the West said was neither free nor fair. China, India and others congratulated him on his victory.

The Kremlin said the election result showed that an overwhelming majority of Russians had consolidated around him.

In a video message, Navalnaya praised the participation of thousands of people across Russia and abroad in a noon protest on Sunday against Putin’s rule.

“We have proved to ourselves and others that Putin is not our president,” Navalnaya said in the clip posted to her late husband’s YouTube channel.

“The election results do not matter … We will ensure that no …