The West holds Putin's regime responsible for the death of opposition figure Alexei Navalny. Navalny's assistant lawyer, Leonid Volkov, said that there is no way to confirm or deny that the Russian authorities killed their most prominent opposition figure.
The Russian Foreign Ministry responded to the United States' accusation, saying that Washington was making accusations haphazardly. Russian authorities warned Moscow residents against any unauthorized demonstrations to protest the death. Russian opposition member Boris Akunin, who lives in Europe, indicated that Navalney's body could not withstand the torture he had been subjected to for 3 years.