{"id":2201184,"date":"2024-03-18T13:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T17:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-admits-he-wanted-navalny-gone\/"},"modified":"2024-03-18T13:48:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T17:48:04","slug":"putin-admits-he-wanted-navalny-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-admits-he-wanted-navalny-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin Acknowledges Desire to Remove Navalny"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fputin-admits-he-wanted-navalny-gone%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2201184&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A \u200bTurning Point \u2062in Russian Politics: Putin Speaks of Navalny<\/h2>\n<p>In \u2064a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-celebrate-confirmation-of-first-black-woman-to-supreme-court-but-liberal-womens-groups-wont-say-what-a-woman-is\/\" title=\"Dems Celebrate Confirmation of First Black Woman to Supreme Court. But Liberal Women\u2019s Groups Won\u2019t Say What A Woman Is.\">striking shift<\/a> in rhetoric, Russian President Vladimir\u2063 Putin publicly referenced the late opposition figure Alexei Navalny. \u2062This comes following <strong>Putin&#8217;s electoral triumph<\/strong> \u200cas he secures a \u2064fifth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-depth-conservative-group-lays-out-plan-to-gut-administrative-state-on-day-1-of-2nd-trump-term\/\" title=\"Conservative group's plan to dismantle administrative state in Trump's second term.\">presidential \u2064term<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAs for Mr. Navalny. Yes, he passed \u200baway. This\u200d is always a sad \u2064event,\u201d Putin expressed remorsefully, as the Russian\u200d polls concluded. \u201cWe&#8217;ve seen similar incidents in detention facilities around the world, including the U.S.,\u2064 haven&#8217;t we?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>The \u200bTragic End of a Political Rival<\/h3>\n<p>Navalny met his untimely end in \u200ca remote Arctic penal colony, marking a grim conclusion to his lengthy saga of dissent. Putin has claimed that arrangements for Navalny\u2019s release were underway prior to\u2062 this unfortunate outcome.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Putin, during a visit to Moscow&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-who-crashed-into-bidens-motorcade-identified-hit-with-multiple-charges\/\" title=\"Driver in Biden's Motorcade Crash Identified, Faces Multiple Charges\">campaign\u2062 headquarters<\/a> on March 18, \u200d2024, revealed, \u200c\u201cA proposal to exchange Mr.\u200c Navalny for Western prisoners was brought to my attention. I immediately agreed, but\u200b alas, tragic fate intervened.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This acknowledgment came on the heels of Navalny&#8217;s team hinting at a potential swap\u200c preceding his death. His allies view Putin&#8217;s comments as an <strong>admission of targeted assassination<\/strong> rather \u2064than\u200c release intentions.<\/p>\n<h3>The Kremlin&#8217;s Unspoken Name<\/h3>\n<p>Notoriously,\u200b Putin maintained a practice of not uttering \u2064Navalny\u2019s name\u2063 publicly during his lifetime. However, he seemed more \u200dat liberty to do so \u200damidst the revelry of his supposed reelection victory.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, independent observers like the election watchdog Golos, have \u2062criticized the election&#8217;s legitimacy:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis presidential campaign starkly deviated from constitutional norms. It failed \u200cto reflect the genuine sentiments of the populace, instead stifling their autonomous, free choice regarding Russia&#8217;s future,\u201d Golos declared.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Allegations of\u2062 a <strong>stifled democracy<\/strong> run\u2063 rampant as Putin&#8217;s regime is accused by naysayers of obtaining an inflated 87%\u200c vote share \u200dthrough underhanded tactics such as banning \u2064opposition candidates, silencing media voices, and criminalizing war criticism.<\/p>\n<h3>Constitutional Rights Under Siege<\/h3>\n<p>Golos further lambasted\u2063 the election procedures:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEssentially, the\u2063 core political rights and freedoms guaranteed by \u200bthe\u2064 Russian Constitution were nullified.\u200c The election climaxed with law enforcement meddling in voter decisions and penalizing those who did not toe the line,\u201d the watchdog organization reported.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The voting coincided with the 10-year anniversary of Crimea&#8217;s controversial annexation from Ukraine\u2014a\u200b move widely regarded by the international community as a breach of legality.<\/p>\n<h3>A Personal Note Amidst Political\u2064 Turmoil<\/h3>\n<p>Yulia Navalnaya, Navalny\u2019s widow, made a poignant statement from Germany, revealing her own act of defiance:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI ensured Navalny\u2019s presence\u2063 was felt in this election,\u200d by writing his name on my ballot. It\u2019s inconceivable to accept that\u200b Putin&#8217;s most prominent \u2062adversary, who was already imprisoned, could be eliminated\u2062 just before the election,\u201d she told the press.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Putin himself,\u2062 in \u200ba rare moment of candor,\u200b hinted at his reluctance to see Navalny\u2062 return to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowa-ag-bird-pres-trump-will-win-iowa-big-2\/\" title=\"Iowa's Attorney General predicts a resounding victory for President Trump in Iowa\">political\u200b stage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMy only stipulation in the exchange was that he\u2062 stay abroad. His untimely death was out of our hands,\u201d Putin conceded, \u2064touching on \u2064the delicate balance\u2062 of \u200dpower and\u2064 dissent.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As Russia faces this significant\u2064 political juncture, the reverberations of Navalny\u2019s demise and Putin\u2019s response resonate through the corridors of power, signaling an era of transparency entwined with relentless political strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Putin publicly acknowledged Alexei Navalny after his election win for a fifth term, noting Navalny&#8217;s death as a sorrowful event post-election<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2743,"featured_media":2201185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/putin-1024x683.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2201184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/putin-1024x683.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2743"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2201184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2201185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2201184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2201184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2201184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}