Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraine’s CIA-backed military intelligence agency, said Sunday that Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny died of a blood clot.
“I may disappoint you, but as far as we know, he indeed died as a result of a blood clot. And this has been more or less confirmed,” Budanov said, according to the Kyiv Post. “This wasn’t sourced from the internet, but, unfortunately, natural [causes].”
According to Navalny’s supporters, his death certificate issued by Russian authorities said he died of “natural causes.”
Navalny died at 47 years old while serving a 19-year sentence at a penal colony in Siberia. Immediately after his death, President Biden blamed it on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“We don’t know exactly what happened, but there is no doubt that the death of Navalny was the consequence of something that Putin and his thugs did,” Biden said.
In response to Navalny’s death, the US announced sanctions on 500 Russia-related targets. It’s unclear if the measures will have any impact on the Russian economy since the US has already imposed a significant number of sanctions, and Russia is adapting to not being reliant on the US-led global financial system.
The US has not responded to or spoken out about Gonzalo Lira, an American citizen who recently died in a Ukrainian prison after being jailed for his political views. Lira’s last communication to his attorney said that he was battling a severe case of pneumonia that he said was initially ignored by Ukrainian authorities. His father said the US government did nothing to help his son.
It’s certainly possible that stressful living conditions and poor or slow medical care would increase the chances that a medical crisis like “a blood clot” (perhaps a pulmonary embolism or an embolic stroke) would prove fatal.
Of course, that means that “We don’t know exactly what happened, but there is no doubt that the death of _______ was the consequence of something that [Some American Official or Institution] did” would be applicable many thousands of times every year.
Among many others:
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The West was negotiating a prisoner exchange for Navalny.
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Aides to Aleksei A. Navalny asserted that the Russian opposition leader had been on the verge of being freed in a prisoner exchange with the West before he died earlier this month.
I had a dream about that, but woke up and couldn’t remember if the killer was James Bond or the ghost of Fanny Kaplan.
Navalny’s mother, who is the legal executor of his will, did not dispute the autopsy finding of death by blood clot.
For the complete breakdown of this story, John Helmer’s Dances With Bears has it all…
The news confirming “natural causes” for the death of Navalny comes from Ukraine? Interesting.
Yes, that is the interesting question. Why would Budanov whose job it is to capitalize on any possible opportunity to demonize the Russians in general and Putin specifically, and who is oftentimes commended for his fanatical zeal in doing so, suddenly feel the need to feck up a perfectly good piece of agitprop?
Benign neglect.
“President Biden blamed Navalny’s death on President Putin”
of course he did. because that’s what all of his advisors told him.
But there was no need. That’s Biden. I’m sure he has to be reminded at times, but he has enough lucid moments to remember that he’s always been a warmonger.
Joey Biden the useless idiot spews his lies!
he relies on the notes they give him.
My neighbor: “Putin did it. He gave him Novichok manufactured in North Korea, delivered via a Chinese balloon, but the balloon was made in Iran.” All “The Usual Suspects” in one sentence.
Syria and Venezuela feel neglected.
😂. I thought if I included them, I would be laying it on too thick! Love you man. You completely complete me.
Shouldn’t all the illegal sanctions also be a job for the ICJ?
Cuba has a case to take the USA to court.
Amen
Senile Biden will say anything he is told to say. He wants to be reelected and the people who pull his strings would love it.
I will take “Senile” Biden over twice impeached Trump who is facing 91 felony charges and has just lost $4oo million in lawsuits and tock $50 million in campaign contribution to pay his legal fees.
I’ll take none of the above.
Neither one is really qualified, intellectually and morally.
Hmmm…now how did Putin get that clot into Navalny? I’m sure that Genocide Joe’s rabid neocon cabal will figure out a way to pin it on the Russian president.
Why do Trump supporters feel the need to defend Putin?
In a better world than ours it should probably pause and worry Democrats that with all the pathological, sometimes truly pathetic, lying and turning on dimes that Trump does just out of habit never seem to bother his political fanbase the slightest, they still care more about things like truth, reality and intellectual honesty and consistency than the zombified coterie of Biden so succesfully make a point of showing. Bubble discipline I guess.
Do you actually think anyone who doesn’t like Biden, likes Trump?
Dave: it is clear…! No impact…!
…And Russia blames Biden for the death of Epstein in prison…!
Of course Genocide Joe and the whole Biden administration were quick to jump on the Putin did it bandwagon. These flunky politicians are so predictable. Really, all they had to do was check in with Don who has the complete medical report on Nalvalny’s autopsy report pointing to, ‘Putin did it’.
Another Trump supporter using “nick names” to attack Trump’s opp0nents.
Easy choice really, Trump or Biden? I have never hid the fact that I prefer Trump over the mummy. I don’t hide behind nicknames or otherwise, that’s my picture and that’s my name. Bill, is a nickname for William. Feel better now?
The more sanction, the more resistance against US declining hegemony…!