Ukrainian IT professionals disrupted Navalny's speech at the Web Summit in Lisbon.

Ukrainian IT specialists and activists disrupted the speech of the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, during the Web Summit held annually in Lisbon.

During her speech at one of the panels of the international IT conference, Ukrainians activated an air raid alert and halted the event.

The relevant video was published on Tuesday, November 12, by Lviv blogger Kristina Zhuk, who is attending the Web Summit, as reported by zaxid.net.

The day before the incident, Kristina Zhuk urged all Ukrainians at one of the world's largest IT conferences, Web Summit 2024, to join the action and remind attendees about the war in Ukraine.

On November 12, Yulia Navalnaya was scheduled to speak at two conference panels – “Dictators and Digital Dissent” and “Confronting Autocrats.”

However, during her presentation, a Ukrainian woman took the stage and shouted: “Stop Russia. Stop the war!”, while attendees activated an app that notifies about air raid alerts. As a result of the incident, the speech of the Russian opposition leader's wife was interrupted.

“Navalnaya's speech at the Web Summit was disrupted; thanks to all Ukrainians who joined the action. A Ukrainian woman took the stage, our voice was heard. Citizens of country 404 need to know that this awaits them in any corner of the world,” Kristina Zhuk wrote on X.

As reported, in an interview with Die Zeit, Navalnaya discussed her views on the Ukrainian Armed Forces' advance in the Kursk region. According to her, this situation “has two sides.” She believes that such attacks will further unite the Russian people and strengthen Putin's power.

When asked whether she considers supplying weapons to Ukraine a correct decision, Navalnaya stated:  “It’s hard to say. Bombs affect Russians too.” Also, during the conversation, Navalnaya emphasized that this is merely “Putin's war.” However, when reminded that it is ordinary Russian soldiers who kill Ukrainians every day, she replied:  “Of course, people are fighting. But this is his war.”

Background. Recall that the SBU opened a criminal case against the director of the film “Russians at War,” Trofimova. Additionally, the Canadian parliamentary committee on national security acknowledged that the state cannot fund such films.