In a belated conclusion, US intelligence agencies have determined that Russian President Putin likely did not order the prison killing of opposition figure Alexei Navalny in February. To make it public is state Saturday the Wall Street Journal
Navalny, 47, died in prison in February and his supporters had accused Putin of having murdered him, declaring that they would provide evidence to support their accusations. The accusations directed at Putin were also heard in the European Parliament and in the US Congress. All the leaders and mass media of Western countries had aligned themselves with this interpretation.
The Kremlin had denied any state involvement. Last month, Putin called Navalny’s death “sad” and said he was ready to hand over the jailed politician to the West in a prisoner swap on the condition that Navalny never returned to Russia. Several sources, official and unofficial, had confirmed that such talks were underway.
The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter, said Saturday that U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Putin likely did not order Navalny’s killing in February.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Saturday that he had seen the Wall Street Journal report which he said contained “empty speculation.”
“I saw the material, I wouldn’t say it’s high-quality material that deserves attention,” Peskov told reporters when asked about the matter.
The agency Reuters could not independently verify the Wall Street Journal’s report that the finding had been “widely accepted within the intelligence community and shared by multiple agencies, including the Central Intelligence Agency, the Office of the Director of ‘National Intelligence and the intelligence unit of the State Department.’
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