Vladimir Putin likely didn't order death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny: US official

U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin likely didn't order the death of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny in February.

ByStream New York's #1 news - Accuweather - original content 24/7likely didn't order the death of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny in February, according to an official familiar with the determination.

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny gestures while speaking during his interview to the Associated Press in Moscow, Russia on Dec. 18, 2017.The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter. At the time, Biden said the U.S. did not know exactly what had happened to Navalny but that "there is no doubt" that his death "was the consequence of something that Putin and his thugs did."

He had been behind bars since January 2021 after returning to Russia from Germany, where he had been recovering from nerve-agent poisoning that he blamed on the Kremlin.

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