U.S. intelligence officials now say they believe Vladimir Putin likely did not order the February death of Alexei Navalny, his most prominent critic.
A police officer speaks on the phone near to graffiti of Russia 's imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny in St. Petersburg, Russia , Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Two and a half months after the death of Russia n opposition leader Alexei Navalny , U.S. intelligence officials now say they believe Vladimir Putin likely did not order his death.
Navalny landed in the hospital after barely surviving an assassination attempt in 2020 in which he was poisoned with the Novichok nerve agent, a Soviet-designed chemical weapon, which is largely believed to have beenHe appeared on web camera during a video link for a court hearing on Feb.
The opposition leader's death brought swift condemnation against Putin and his regime, with Navalny's close allies and colleagues calling his death "a murder" and Western leaders laying the initial blame at the Russian president's feet.
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