Washington, DC [US], February 23 (HBTV): US President Joe Biden met with the wife and daughter of late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny in San Francisco and expressed his "heartfelt condolences" following the death of Russian leader in prison, White House said in an official statement. 

In conversation with the Russian leader's wife Yulia Navalnaya and daughter Dasha Navalnaya, President Biden expressed his admiration for Alexey Navalny's extraordinary courage and his legacy of fighting against corruption. 

"The president expressed his admiration for Aleksey Navalny's extraordinary courage and his legacy of fighting against corruption and for a free and democratic Russia in which the rule of law applies equally to everyone," the statement read. 

President Biden also emphasized that Navalny's legacy will carry on through people across Russia and around the world mourning his loss and fighting for freedom, democracy, and human rights. 

"He affirmed that his administration will announce major new sanctions against Russia tomorrow in response to Aleksey's death, Russia's repression and aggression, and its brutal and illegal war in Ukraine," it added.

Meanwhile, Lyudmila Navalnaya, the mother of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, alleged that the Moscow authorities are "blackmailing" her to accept a secret burial of her son, The Washington Post reported.

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