CIA thinks Putin 'probably didn't' order Navalny death
The Independent|April 28, 2024
US intelligence agencies are said to have concluded that Vladimir Putin probably did not directly order the killing of his most prominent critic Alexei Navalny, who suddenly died in his Arctic prison cell in February.
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CIA thinks Putin 'probably didn't' order Navalny death

The death of 47-year-old Navalny, leading light of Russia's opposition movement, was announced on 16 February. He had been serving a prison sentence on charges of extremism, which the international community decried as trumped up to try and silence a thorn in the side of the Kremlin. World leaders have lined up to condemn the death, while a number of nations – including the UK and the US – have announced sanctions against those in charge of the prison in which Navalny was held.

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