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Trump avoids condemning Russia for Navalny’s death

Headline from ABC 17 Mid-Missouri, on the newest of 2 developments

By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has so far declined to publicly condemn Russia and President Vladimir Putin for the death of Alexey Navalny and has baselessly suggested he is being politically persecuted in the same way the Russian opposition leader was.

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  1. Navalny’s death puts a new spotlight on key dividing line between Trump and Biden

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    Trump avoids condemning Russia for Navalny’s death

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  1. Washington Examiner

    Trump silent on Putin after Navalny death but bashes Biden for ‘misery’ and ‘destruction’ (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    Donald Trump posted a statement Friday, denouncing "misery, destruction, and death" under President Joe Biden, without reference to Putin critic Alexei Navalny.

  2. Bangor Daily News

    Editorial: Remember Alexei Navalny, a voice of defiance in Putin’s Russia (opens Bangor Daily News)

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    Bangor Daily News's feed description

    “The Russian government wanted to silence him, Putin could hardly stand to mention him by name, so we must continue to amplify his message.”

  3. CNN

    Navalny’s death puts a new spotlight on key dividing line between Trump and Biden (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    The announcement of Alexey Navalny’s death on Friday thrust fresh urgency into the roiling debate in Washington over how forcefully to counter Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, a question of wide-ranging consequence on which President Joe Biden and his likely opponent Donald Trump have adopt…

  4. Deadline

    Tucker Carlson Condemns Alexei Navalny’s Death As “Barbaric” Days After Trumpeting Vladimir Putin’s Russia (opens Deadline)

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    Deadline's feed description

    The former Fox News host interviewed Putin last week.

  5. CNN

    Alexey Navalny: Arrests, vigils, and Kremlin silence as Russia marks Putin critic’s death (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    The death of Alexey Navalny has been met with an outpouring of grief across the world, and even inside Russia – where the smallest acts of political dissent carry great risk – people have been honoring his memory.

  6. Local News 8

    Arrests, vigils, and Kremlin silence: Russia marks Alexey Navalny’s death (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By Sophie Tanno and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — The death of Alexey Navalny has been met with an outpouring of grief across the world, and even inside Russia – where the smallest acts of political dissent carry great risk – people have been honoring his memory.

  7. The Guardian

    Nikki Haley condemns Trump for not commenting on Alexei Navalny death (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Republican candidate says Trump ‘either sides with Putin … or he just doesn’t think it’s that big of a deal’

  8. Fox News

    Democratic congressman suggests Trump emboldened Russia to kill Alexei Navalny: 'Traitorous language' (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    MSNBC host Alex Witt and Rep. Ted Lieu suggested that Trump's statements on NATO may have encouraged the Russian authorities to murder Alexei Navalny.

  9. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Trump avoids condemning Russia for Navalny’s death (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    ABC 17 Mid-Missouri's feed description

    By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has so far declined to publicly condemn Russia and President Vladimir Putin for the death of Alexey Navalny and has baselessly suggested he is being politically persecuted in the same way the Russian opposition leader was.

  10. The Guardian

    Trump acknowledges Navalny’s death days later, without mentioning Putin (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Ex-president links Russian opposition leader’s death to his own political grievances after criticism from Haley

  11. Portland Press Herald

    Trump remains silent on Alexei Navalny’s death (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Portland Press Herald's feed description

    He has not commented on the dissident’s shocking death, even though he frequently speaks about what he would do as president when confronting Russia, Putin and the war in Ukraine.

  12. PBS NewsHour

    Trump talks of his own legal problems when speaking about the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    Former President Donald Trump has mentioned Alexei Navalny's death in a social media post more than 72 hours after the Russian opposition leader died in an Arctic penal colony.

  13. Forbes

    Trump Responds To Alexei Navalny’s Death—Doesn’t Condemn Putin And Condemns Legal Troubles In Same Post (opens Forbes)

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    Trump’s comments contradict those of several world leaders, who claimed the Russian president was responsible for Navalny’s death.

  14. New York Times

    Trump Breaks Silence on Navalny Death, but Doesn’t Condemn Putin (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    His winding social media post on Monday contained no reference to Vladimir V. Putin, the Russian president, who has been widely condemned after the death of one of his most vocal critics, Aleksei A. Navalny.

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