The speaker of Russia’s lower house of parliament has accused the United States, the European Union, Britain and other groups of killing Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin made baseless accusations for a long time on social media and the messaging app Telegram.
“The responsibility for Mr. Navalny’s death lies with Washington and Brussels,” Borodin said, according to a translation by the Moscow Times. “Who will benefit today from Navalny’s death?”
Navalny’s press secretary says: “Alexei Navalny was murdered”
Vyacheslav Volodin attends a meeting in the Duma of the Russian Duma in Moscow. (Via AP, Duma of the Russian Parliament)
“All their names are known, from the NATO Secretary General to the U.S. leadership.” [German Chancellor Olaf] Scholz [British Prime Minister Rishi] with sunak [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelenskyy – they are the perpetrators of Navalny’s death,” he added, according to the Moscow Times.
Navalny was being held in the IK-3 penal colony in Harup, also known as “Polar Wolf.”, It is considered one of the toughest prisons in the country.
A prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin has died suddenly in prison at the age of 47, the country’s prison authorities announced on Friday.
After Navalny’s death, Biden says there is “no doubt” that “Putin and his thugs” were behind it.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny appears on a television screen at the Second Court of Cassation in Moscow, Russia, by video link provided from a Russian federal prison. (AP photo)
The Federal Bureau of Prisons said in a statement that Navalny felt unwell and lost consciousness after a walk Friday, according to the Associated Press. An ambulance arrived to rehabilitate him, but he died, the statement added.
“it is [Washington and Brussels] They have made a huge number of unfortunate decisions and are clinging to the position of benefiting from their death,” Volodin argued.
Leaders and analysts around the world have blamed Putin’s regime as the most obvious suspect in the death of its biggest political rival.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin grimaced during a meeting with workers at the AO Konar factory, minutes after spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin had been informed about Alexei Navalny’s death. (Contributor/Getty Images)
Putin has previously attempted to kill Navalny in a secret operation by poisoning him, but the doses were ultimately non-lethal and Navalny survived.
“We don’t know exactly what happened, but there is no doubt that Mr. Navalny’s death was the result of the actions of President Putin and his thugs,” President Biden told reporters at the White House on Friday. No,” he said.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Navalny’s “death in a Russian prison and the obsession and fear of one man only underscore the weakness and corruption at the heart of the system President Putin has built.” Stated.
Fox News Digital’s Greg Norman contributed to this report.
