Phakathi ku isitatimende osekuthumele isiphithiphithi emphakathini wamazwe omhlaba, i-European Union izwakalise ukucasuka kwayo okukhulu ngokufa kuka-Alexei Navalny, owayevelele ephikisayo eRussia. I-EU ibambe uMongameli waseRussia uVladimir Putin kanye neziphathimandla zezwe "ekugcineni zinecala". Navalnyukufa.
"I-European Union ithukuthele ngokushona kosopolitiki ophikisayo waseRussia u-Alexei Navalny, okuwumthwalo wemfanelo omkhulu kuMongameli Putin kanye neziphathimandla zaseRussia," kusho uMmeleli Omkhulu egameni le-EU. Lesi sitatimende senziwe ngemva komhlangano woMkhandlu Wezindaba Zangaphandle, lapho kudluliselwe khona amazwi enduduzo ajulile kumkaNavalny, u-Yulia Navalnaya, izingane zabo, umndeni, abangane, nabo bonke ababambisene naye ukuze kuthuthukiswe iRussia.
I-EU ifune ukuthi iRussia ivumele “uphenyo lwamazwe ngamazwe oluzimele nolusobala mayelana nezimo zokushona kwakhe kungazelelwe.” Ifunge yagomela ukuthi izosebenzisana kakhulu nabalingani bayo ukuze ibambe ubuholi bezepolitiki baseRussia buphendule, ikhomba ngokubekwa kwezinye unswinyo ngenxa yezenzo zabo.
Ukushona kukaNavalny kuqubule usizi emhlabeni wonke, njengoba kuhlonishwa umhlaba wonke. Kodwa-ke, eRussia, iziphathimandla zizamile ukuvimba lezi zikhumbuzo, zibopha abantu abangamakhulu ambalwa kulolu hlelo. I-EU icele ukuthi bakhululwe ngokushesha.
Ukubuyela kuka-Navalny eRussia ngemuva kokusinda emzamweni wokubulala obandakanya ummeleli wezinzwa u-“Novichok” - into evinjelwe ngaphansi kwe-Chemical Weapons Convention - kumphawule njengomuntu onesibindi. Naphezu kokubhekana namacala anezisusa zezombangazwe futhi eyedwa ekoloni lokujezisa laseSiberia, uNavalny waqhubeka nomsebenzi wakhe, futhi ukufinyelela kwakhe emndenini kwakuvinjelwe kakhulu futhi abameli bakhe bebhekene nokuhlukunyezwa.
I-EU ihlale igxeka ubuthi buka-Navalny kanye nezinqumo ezinezisusa zezombusazwe ezibhekiswe kuye, ifuna ukuba akhululwe ngokushesha futhi ngaphandle kwemibandela futhi icela iRussia ukuthi iqinisekise ukuphepha nempilo yakhe.
"Kuyo yonke impilo yakhe, uMnu. Navalny wabonisa isibindi esimangalisayo, ukuzinikela ezweni lakhe kanye nezakhamuzi zakubo, nokuzimisela emsebenzini wakhe wokulwa nenkohlakalo kulo lonke elaseRussia," kugqamisa isitatimende. Kugcizelele ukwesaba okufakwe uNavalny kuPutin kanye nombuso wakhe, ikakhulukazi phakathi nempi engekho emthethweni yaseRussia yokuhlukumeza i-Ukraine kanye nokhetho lukaMongameli waseRussia oluzayo ngoMashi.
Ukufa kukaNavalny kubonakala njengobufakazi “obushaqisayo” “bokucindezelwa okwandayo nokuhlelekile eRussia.” I-EU iphinde yaphinda ikhwelo layo lokuthi zonke iziboshwa zezombusazwe eRussia zidedelwe ngokushesha nangokungenamibandela, okuhlanganisa uYuri Dmitriev, Vladimir Kara-Murza, Ilya Yashin, Alexei Gorinov, Lilia Chanysheva, Ksenia Fadeeva, Alexandra Skochilenko, no-Ivan Safronov.
Lesi sitatimende siphawula umzuzu obalulekile ebudlelwaneni be-EU-Russian, okubonisa isimo se-EU mayelana nokwephulwa kwamalungelo abantu kanye nokulungela kwayo ukuthatha izinyathelo kulabo abathathwa njengabanecala.
