Alexei Navalny while blaming President Vladimir Putin for the same. Navanly was Putin's most formidable domestic opponent. He fell unconscious and died on February 16.
In his remarks, Biden said, “Reports of his death if they're true and I have no reasons to believe that they're not - Russian authorities are going to tell their own story but make no mistake Putin is responsible for Navalny's death. Putin is responsible." “What has happened to Navalny is yet more proof of Putin's brutality no one should be fooled not in Russia not at home not anywhere in the world. Putin does not only target citizens of other countries but also inflicts terrible crimes on his people," he added.
Here are top 10 updates on this big story, 1) Joe Biden said Navalny "bravely stood up to the corruption the violence and all the bad things that the Putin government was doing." 2) “Navalny could have lived safely in exile. However, he returned to Russia knowing that he would likely be imprisoned or even killed if he continued to work. Putin lauded Navalny for being the powerful voice for the truth even in prison," the US President said as quoted by ANI. 3) He further said like millions of people around the world, "I'm literally both not surprised and outraged by the reported death of Alexei Navalny.
He bravely stood up to the corruption the violence and all the bad things that the Putin government was doing. 4) “In response, Putin had him poisoned, he had him arrested. He had him prosecuted for fabricated crimes.
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