Last month, Putin called Navalny’s demise “sad” and said he had been ready to hand the jailed politician over to the West in a prisoner exchange provided Navalny never return to Russia. Navalny’s allies said such talks had been under way […] Washington had not absolved the Russian leader of overall responsibility for Navalny’s death however, given the opposition politician had been targeted by Russian authorities for years, jailed on charges the West said were politically motivated, and had been poisoned in 2020 with a nerve agent[, for which Russia also denies responsibility].
Reuters could not independently verify the Journal report, which cited sources as saying the finding had been “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.”
That’s irrelevant, he didn’t have to. Harsh conditions together with the aftereffects of polonium and lousy healthcare were sure to do it.
Putin was obviously behind poisoning him first, and putting him in jail second, that he MAYBE didn’t order him killed a third time is completely irrelevant, since we know he definitely ordered him neutralized at least twice.
Putin is a mass murderer, and that’s even without counting the wars.He didn’t need to order is specifically. He was kept in prison in terrible conditions and died because of that. The outcome of his dying was still what Putin wanted (or at least didn’t care if it happened). No orders required.
This sort of reporting and claims from the intelligence community feels like obfuscation by using a technically true statement, but irrelevant to the overall issue.
“Won’t someone something something this priest…”
Someone remind me who owns the Wall Street Journal again…
What does the owner of the WSJ have to do with messaging from Intelligence communities?
Did you miss the part where Reuters said they couldn’t verify what the WSJ is reporting? Why are you believing anything they say anything more than what Fox News says? It’s News Corp. They’re in the tank for Putin.
They are in the same tank that all other for profit news agencies are in. If they couldn’t verify the validity it’s journalistic malfeasance to repeat the story.
Navalny was in Russian custody, and his health was Russia’s responsibility. Putin still has blood on his hands for all the deaths in Ukraine.
Yeah, I’m skeptical of this story to begin with, but even if it is true it doesn’t make any real difference
