Horror at news of Navalny's death - anger at Putin. Kremlin calls Western reactions “excessive and “unacceptable” US President Biden, meanwhile, blamed Kremlin chief Putin for Navalny’s death.

Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz: “We now know exactly what kind of regime this is,” said the SPD politician. “He was a powerful voice for the truth,’ Biden said, referring to Navalny, who narrowly survived a poison attack in 2020, then recovered in Germany and was imprisoned in 2021.