“Did You Expect Anything Else?”: Kremlin Insiders Weigh in on Alexey Navalny’s Death

This story first appeared on Meduza, an independent, reader-supported Russian newsroom based in Latvia. Officials in the Kremlin’s political bloc see Alexey Navalny’s death as “a very negative development” — for Vladimir Putin’s reelection campaign. At the same time, members of the Putin administration do not expect the opposition politician’s demise to seriously affect the […]