"Navalny's Death Sparks Controversy Over Tucker Carlson's Putin Interview"

Alexei Navalny, a prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, died in a Russian prison under suspicious circumstances, prompting Kremlin propagandists to spread conspiracy theories linking his death to a recent Tucker Carlson interview and suggesting Western involvement. Russian state media figures, including RT's Margarita Simonyan and writer Nikolai Starikov, insinuated that Navalny's death was beneficial to the West and aimed at undermining the PR effect of the interview. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called for Russia to answer serious questions about Navalny's death, while Russian propagandists both reveled in and deflected blame for the opposition leader's untimely demise.