US intelligence agencies have determined that the Russian president, Vladimir Putin“did not order directly” other than the opponent Aleksei Navalny was killed in February in the maximum security prison where he was imprisoned. The one who wrote it Wall Street Journal (WSJ) which cites “people familiar with the facts”. «The assessment does not dispute Putin’s responsibility» for what happened, «but rather believes that it was probably not him who ordered it at that moment»writes the American newspaper, underlining that the consideration «is widely accepted within the intelligence community and shared by various agencies, including the CIA, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the State Department’s intelligence unit», the sources reported.
The news deepens the mystery surrounding the circumstances surrounding the death of the man who had become the country’s number one internal enemy Kremlin. Some European intelligence agencies were informed of the assessment of the USA regarding the matter, writes the Wsj. According to security officials in several European capitals, some EU countries remain skeptical that Putin had no direct role in the death of Navalny.
The American newspaper admits that it was not possible to determine whether intelligence agencies had developed alternative explanations for the politician’s death. The Anti-Corruption Foundationfounded by the opposition, said the politician was killed in prison after Putin learned of a potential prisoner exchange with USA and Germany and intervened to prevent it. The head of the group’s investigations, Maria Pevchikh, stated that the Foundation was involved in efforts to obtain the freedom of Navalny.
