Biden: ‘Putin Is Responsible for Alexei Navalny’s Death’

The president said the death of the Russian opposition leader was a ‘consequence of something that Putin and his thugs did.’

President Joe Biden speaks about the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 16, 2024. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP

President Joe Biden on Friday reacted in a speech to the death of Russian politician Alexei Navalny, a prominent critic of the Kremlin, accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of assassinating him.

“Russian authorities are going to tell their own story. Make no mistake. Putin is responsible for Alexei Navalny’s death,” President Biden told reporters.