Vladimir Putin promotes senior Russian prison service official, three days after Navalny's death. The Russian president notably elevated by decree the deputy director of the Federal Prison Service to the rank of colonel-general.
This same promotion was granted to two other officials from the Ministry of Justice. The gray areas surrounding the death of Alexeï Navalny make his supporters say that the Russian regime is trying to cover up an assassination. His widow, Yulia Navalnaïa, directly accused Vladimir Putin of having her husband killed in prison.