Navalny believed he could topple Putin. He paid for it with his life - voila! news.
He is the second opponent of Putin to die in less than a year. The most significant punishment that the Russian president can receive from the West is not more sanctions, but uncompromising support for Kiev in the current climate in America. But that support is not coming from within his country, but from what is supposed to be his greatest enemy. The United States is entering an election year that led by the Republican Party - that is expected to be led by Putin.