27 apr 2024 om 10:03 Update: 1 uur geleden
Vladimir Putin is said to have known nothing about the moment Alexei Navalny died. American intelligence services therefore believe that the Russian president did not directly order the assassination of the opposition leader.
That reports The Wall Street Journal Saturday based on sources. Everyone within the American intelligence services would support the conclusion for several reasons.
For example, Navalny’s death overshadowed Putin’s re-election. A factual analysis and other intelligence would also indicate that Putin knew nothing about the moment of Navalny’s death.
Yet the intelligence authorities would not doubt the indirect involvement of the Russian president. The Americans say Putin is responsible for Navalny’s death.
The American findings are said to have been shared with European intelligence services. According to The Wall Street Journal Several parties doubt the American explanation. “These kinds of decisions cannot be taken in Russia without the knowledge of the president,” they argue. Navalny’s former aide Leonid Volkov also called the findings “naive and ridiculous.”
The Putin critic died in February under suspicious circumstances in a prison camp in Siberia. US President Joe Biden said shortly afterwards that the US holds the Russian government responsible for his death.
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