Strength and Responsibility

Yulia Navalnaya

2025 OFF in Oslo

Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and newly appointed Chair of the Human Rights Foundation, delivers a moving call to action at the #OsloFreedomForum. Speaking to a global audience of dissidents and human rights defenders, she reflects on the deep responsibilities borne by those who resist tyranny, not through headlines or elections, but through courage, sacrifice, and imagination.

About the Speaker

Yulia

Navalnaya

Chair of the Human Rights Foundation

Yulia Navalnaya is a Russian public figure and economist renowned for her unwavering commitment to democratic principles and human rights and for her steadfast support of her husband, the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. She now leads the Anti-Corruption Foundation, founded in 2011 by Navalny to combat corruption in the Russian government, and serves as the chair of the Human Rights Foundation.