Trump, ignoring the death of Navalny, showed belonging to the "Putin Wing" - CNN

Journalists noted that US President's reactions Joe Baiden and Trump to the death of a prisoner of Russian opposition were radically different. On Sunday, February 18, the former representative of the Republican Party, Liz Cheni, warned against the advent of the "Putin wing" within his party after the statement of US Expatient Donald Trump, who actually mentioned neither Russian opposition Oles Navalny nor President of Russia Vladimir Putin. About it reports CNN.

"We should take seriously to what extent you have Putin's wing in the Republican Party. I believe that the problem of this electoral cycle is that the Putin wing of the Republican Party does not capture the Western Wing of the White House," the statement said . The source also noted that the reactions of Presidents of the United States, Joe Baiden and Donald Trump, to the death of the Russian oppositionist are significantly different.

During his speech in the White House after the announcement of the death of Navalny, Biden categorically accused Putin and his supporters in this tragedy: "Do not make mistakes: Putin is responsible for the death of Navalny. Putin is responsible. What happened to Navalny is Another proof of Putin's cruelty. No one can be deceived. " While Trump did not express a clear comment on Navalny in his speech.

We will remind that the heads of the Federal Sentence Service in the afternoon on February 16 reported that Russian oppositionist Alexei Navalny died in a colony during a walk. It was noted that the 47-year-old Russian suddenly became ill and he had to provide medical care. It is suggested that the cause of death could be a blood clot. On February 16, US President Joe Biden made an urgent statement about the death of Russian opposition Alexei Navalny in the colony.