The wife of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who died in an Arctic penal colony on Friday, will attend the European Union foreign affairs council on Monday, the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Sunday.

"On Monday, I will welcome Yulia Navalnaya at the EU Foreign Affairs Council. EU Ministers will send a strong message of support to freedom fighters in Russia and honor the memory of Alexi @navalny," Borrell said in a statement on X.