The publication states that the US intelligence services have concluded that V. Putin probably did not order the killing of A. Navalny in the colony in February.
The article cited sources as saying that this position is “widespread in the intelligence community, including the Central Intelligence Agency, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the State Department’s Intelligence Division.”
The US assessment was based on a range of information, including some classified intelligence, and an analysis of public facts such as the timing of Navalny’s death and how the opposition figure’s death overshadowed Putin’s “election” in March.
At the same time, the publication claims that Washington has not removed the Russian leader’s joint responsibility for the death of A. Navalny, given that the opposition politician has been a target of Russian authorities for many years, was arrested on politically motivated charges and was released in 2020. was poisoned.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Saturday that he had seen the WSJ report, which he said contained “empty speculation.”
“I saw that material, I wouldn’t say that it is high-quality material, worthy of attention,” D. Peskov told reporters.
Leonidas Volkov, a high-ranking aide of Navalny, who was recently attacked in Vilnius, called the US conclusions naive and ridiculous.
