Putin's entourage is already blaming the West. There is also talk of an “accident”.

“It was an accident, it can happen”: This is how Putin’s environment reacts bizarrely to the news of Navalny's death.“Washington and Brussels are responsible,” said Russian State Duma spokesman Vyacheslav Volodin. The Russian Foreign Ministry called on the USA and the West to show “restraint” and to accept the official results of the investigation wait.