Yulia Navalnaya thanks Russians who came to bid her husband farewell

People queue to the Borisovskoye cemetery as they come to the grave of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, in Moscow, Russia, March 3, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

(Reuters) - The wife of the late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, has thanked the many thousands of Russians who have queued for hours to visit her husband's grave.

"Many people wonder why Alexei fought so hard and never gave up. For your sake. For the beautiful, brave and honest people who now come in an endless queue to say goodbye to him," Navalnaya wrote on X on Monday.