‘It helps the cause’: Conspiracy theorists posit U.S. killed Navalny to help build support for $60 billion Ukraine aid bill

Conspiracy theorists are blaming everyone but Russian President Vladimir Putin for the recent death of Alexei Navalny, the 47-year-old opposition leader who had been serving time in a maximum-security prison near the Arctic Circle. Russian authorities claim Navalny “felt unwell after a walk and almost immediately lost consciousness” last week before succumbing to “natural causes.” …