“Are you from Russia Today?” Habeck counters reporters with Navalny’s announcement. Hardly any politician or expert in Germany currently doubts that Russian President Vladimir Putin is ultimately responsible for the death of Alexei Navalny.

The still unexplained death of the Kremlin critic continues to concern federal politics. “It is difficult to bear, just a few days after Navalny was murdered, that Russia's rapporteurs here in the country are discrediting liberal democracy in such a way,” said the Federal Economics Minister.