[HIGHLIGHTS] “You have to see it as a reward”: Putin promotes Navalny’s personal torturer

“You have to see it as a reward’: Putin promotes Navalny’s personal torturer. “This must be understood as Putin's open reward for the torture,” Ivan Zhdanov wrote.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied any connection between Navalny's death and the promotions. Alexei Navalny died on Friday (February 16) in the prison camp with the unofficial name “Arctic Wolf” in the Siberian Arctic region of Yamal.