Every time someone attempts to assassinate one of the Kremlin’s political opponents, the regime responds with exactly the same spin campaign: “We have nothing to gain from this person’s death,” “The victim has been out of the political scene too long to even matter” or “His/Her death would cause more problems for the Kremlin than their continued activity.”
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Sergey Guriyev: Why the Kremlin fears Navalny
A police car drives on the territory of Omsk Emergency Hospital No. 1 where Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was admitted after he fell ill in what his spokeswoman said was a suspected poisoning, Aug. 20, 2020.
