I believe there were rumblings of a blow to the chest, that when delivered in very cold temperatures can result in sudden death. Who benefitted indeed? Coming within a month of elections, the death of Navalny certainly seemed timed to try to disrupt Putin’s landslide victory. Putin certainly didn’t want that kind of “bad” press. It seems, much like the NordStream bombing, we will never know. So why not speculate? Ukrainian leaders had no love for Navalny. Who better to take him out? And probably at the behest of US operatives. Ukraine was consumed with securing more weapons from the US at the time as well…and as we know, Navalny’s death was big news in the US….an occasion for non-stop Putin-bashing for days and a means of pressuring the US House of Representatives. Arguably, a Ukrainian-linked assassin would have both motive and opportunity to bribe his way into a Russian prison and murder Navalny. On the other hand, maybe Navalny died of natural causes as reported in the Russian press.
I believe there were rumblings of a blow to the chest, that when delivered in very cold temperatures can result in sudden death. Who benefitted indeed? Coming within a month of elections, the death of Navalny certainly seemed timed to try to disrupt Putin’s landslide victory. Putin certainly didn’t want that kind of “bad” press. It seems, much like the NordStream bombing, we will never know. So why not speculate? Ukrainian leaders had no love for Navalny. Who better to take him out? And probably at the behest of US operatives. Ukraine was consumed with securing more weapons from the US at the time as well…and as we know, Navalny’s death was big news in the US….an occasion for non-stop Putin-bashing for days and a means of pressuring the US House of Representatives. Arguably, a Ukrainian-linked assassin would have both motive and opportunity to bribe his way into a Russian prison and murder Navalny. On the other hand, maybe Navalny died of natural causes as reported in the Russian press.