The US Intelligence Community has reached a consensus that the February death of Russian nationalist Alexei Navalny in an Arctic penal colony was not the result of a direct order from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The assessment doesn’t dispute Putin’s culpability for Navalny’s death, but rather finds he probably didn’t order it at that moment. The finding is broadly accepted within the intelligence community and shared by several agencies, including the Central Intelligence Agency, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the State Department’s intelligence unit, the people said.
BACKGROUND:
Alexei Navalny, Martyr for Russian Democracy, Dies in Prison Aged 47
Alexei Navalny’s Death in a Prison Camp Was a Message From Putin to the World and to Russia
Russian Authorities Tell Alexei Navalny’s Mother That He Died From ‘Sudden Death Syndrome’
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