Re-elected Russian president makes first public comment on death of opposition leader, which he calls ‘sad event’
Archived version: https://archive.ph/b0mX9
Re-elected Russian president makes first public comment on death of opposition leader, which he calls ‘sad event’
Archived version: https://archive.ph/b0mX9
Weird article.
Putin says nothing about Navalny except that, “I’m cool getting him out of the country so long as he doesn’t come back.”
Navalny’s confederates: “See, see! Putin admits to killing Navalny!”
Wait… didn’t Putin’s critics just say Putin was admitting publicly he had (or knew that) Navalny was about to die? Which is it, The Guardian?
Wait, wait, wait… so did the prisoner swap happen, AND THEN, Navalny died? (checks internet)… Nope, he was still in a Siberian prison when he died. So… like… what would be the point? You can’t trade a dead prisoner for a live one, right? If you wanted the dude dead, why make a prisoner exchange deal that was (or would be) made public, and then have him killed?
And if I’m supposed to believe that Putin is willing to do the above… then what was with the a weirdly complicated “James Bond Movie” assassination scheme involving a very specific nerve agent to a Russian/British double agent in 2018?