Why the death of Alexei Navalny is a warning for US politics

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Russian President Vladimir Putin went to great lengths to silence a lone activist, as he continues to manipulate elections. Americans can reject those values.

As the world struggles to grasp the death of Russian lawyer and political activist Alexei Navalny, which came after years of depraved treatment by the Kremlin, the timing could not be more ominous.

https://tennesseelookout.com/2024/02/22/why-the-death-of-alexei-navalny-is-a-warning-for-us-politics/?

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?? New Navalny clues

U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded Russian President Vladimir Putin likely didn't directly order Alexei Navalny's February death in a remote Russian penal colony.

• The assessment is "broadly accepted within the intelligence community and shared by several agencies, including the Central Intelligence Agency," The Wall Street Journal reported.

Between the lines: Putin was still ultimately responsible for Navalny's death, the agencies found. But there was "no smoking gun" that he directed in.

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Putin likely didn’t order death of Russian opposition leader Navalny, US official says

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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, according to an official familiar with the determination.

https://apnews.com/article/navalny-death-putin-russia-us-intelligence-0ed248bbe00a707b1a1b4ce1d61fcc9d?

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? Navalny's final message

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny wrote that he would die in prison — almost two years before his death in a remote Arctic penal colony, according to excerpts of his posthumous memoir published by The New Yorker: Why it matters: The book — called "Patriot" and out next Tuesday — acts as Navalny's "final letter to the world," the publisher says. P.S. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's memoir on his nearly 500-day detention in Russia is due out in 2026. Full Navalny excerpt.

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Alexei Navalny’s widow says lab reports show her husband was poisoned

The widow of Alexei Navalny said Wednesday that two independent labs have found that her husband was poisoned shortly before his death in a Russian prison.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-alexei-navalny-death-poisoning-435de889d2e59cf12f85957006e07617?