US President Joe Biden assigned responsibility for the death of Russian opposition Alexei Navalny in prison for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
At a press conference in the White House, Biden spoke about the attitude of the United States to the death of Navalny and possible future steps of the White House administration.
saying that they have no reason to believe that the news of Navalny’s death is not true, Biden said: “I am not surprised and outraged by the news of the death of Alexei Navalny. Putin poisoned him, arrested and judged him. He sent him to prison and sent him to prison Isolated “.
Putin’s attitude towards him was consistent: “Putin is responsible for the death of Navalny. Putin is responsible for what happened to him”.
Biden noted that so far many sanctions have been imposed against Moscow and new sanctions can be imposed in connection with the death of Navalny.
– Punishment of Navalny
The enemy of the Kremlin Alexei Navalny was detained at the airport on January 17, 2021 upon returning to Moscow after treatment in the capital of Germany Berlin in connection with the alleged poisoning.
, at the request of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, the case against Navalny was completed in the Moscow City Court on February 2, 2021. A conditional period of 3.5 years, which Navalny received in the past in the case of corruption, was replaced by a prison term on the basis that he did not fulfill the conditions of judicial control.
The Russian court sentenced Navalny, who has been in prison since August 2023, by 19 years in prison for the creation of an extremist organization.
In January last year, Alexei Navalny was included in the list of persons related to terrorism and extremism.
On Friday, the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) of Russia reported that the prisoner Oppositionist Navalny died in prison.