Navalny's daughter says Kremlin can't silence its critics

FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his daughter Daria meet with journalists outside a polling station during the Moscow city parliament election in Moscow, Russia September 8, 2019. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva/File Photo

GENEVA (Reuters) -The daughter of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Tuesday that the Russian authorities' efforts to silence critics like her father would not work, though she also expressed concern about "the fast downfall of democracy in my country".

Daria Navalnaya made an unusual public appearance at a virtual human rights summit where she accepted a "moral courage" award on behalf of her father, who is serving a 2-1/2 year jail term.