DISINFO: West sacrificed its pawn Navalny for next political move

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DISINFO: West sacrificed its pawn Navalny for next political move

SUMMARY

If it was not Putin who gave the order for Navalny's death, but precisely those who are against him. If this can be said then the West is sacrificing its “pawn” for the next political move.

RESPONSE

This disinformation story aims to divert any Russian responsibility for the death of Alexei Navalny - a frequent target of pro-Kremlin disinformation. The reasons for his death remain unclear.

Efforts to prevent Navalny's family from accessing his body, coupled with reports of an FSB team visiting the prison and tampering with security cameras, which ultimately malfunctioned on the day of Navalny's death, fuel suspicions of a possible state-sanctioned murder by Russian authorities.

In 2020, he was poisoned with a nerve agent by Russian security agents.

After recovering in Germany and returning to Russia, he was arrested at the airport. He faced prosecution in several criminal cases and was sentenced to 19 years in a special regime prison (a regime reserved for individuals convicted of particularly serious offenses such as terrorism in Russia) for creating an 'extremist community.' This designation was applied to his anti-corruption foundation. In 2022, he was included on Russia's list of 'extremists and terrorists,' although he did not commit any terrorist acts or prepare them. Navalny’s latest investigation, published on his website blocked by the Russian authorities, is dedicated to the secret enrichment of Vladimir Putin’s daughter in connection with the next elections in Russia, scheduled for March 17, 2024.

See similar cases such as Navalny's death is an attempt to reverse the huge positive effect of Putin's interview with Tucker Carlson and Alexei Navalny is one of the many victims of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. See also Prigozhin and Navalny were two CIA projects to weaken Putin.

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