tonight. now it s time for the last word with my friend jonathan capehart, in for lawrence, good evening, jonathan. good evening, alex. thank you very much. have a good weekend. you too. today at the white house, global leadership from the president of the united states. president biden unveiled a tranche of more than 500 new sanctions against vladimir putin s russia, after the death of putin s chief political opponent, alexei navalny. alexei navalny died as a political prisoner in russia, and u.s. officials have blamed vladimir putin for that, repeatedly. make no mistake, putin is responsible for alexei s death. this would be a further sign of putin s brutality. whatever story they tell, let us be clear, russia is responsible. the fixation in fear of one man only underscores the weakness and rot at the heart of the system that putin has built. russia is responsible for this. and today at the white house you saw the president of united states responding to tha
control. alex seitz-wald, great reporting, alex. thank you for having a little friday night time to talk about it. thanks alex. that is our show for tonight. now it s time to the last word with my friend jonathan capehart, in for lawrence, good evening, jonathan. good evening, alex. thank you very much. have a good weekend. you too. today at the white house, globally the ship from the president of the united states, president biden unveiled a tranche of more than 500 new sanctions against vladimir putin s russia, after the death of putin s chief political opponent, alexei navalny. alexei navalny died as a political prisoner in russia, and u.s. officials have blamed vladimir putin for that, repeatedly. make no mistake, putin is responsible for alexei s death. this would be a further sign of putin s brutality. whatever story they tell, let us be clear, russia is responsible. the fixation in fear of one man only underscores the weakness and rot at the heart o
were unfounded, politically motivated charges meant to suppress opposition. mr navalny always defended his innocence. he was only 47 years old. the kremlin denies it played any part in navalny s death. he spent his final days in a russian penal colony, where prison officials say he died after going on a walk. as the bbc s russia editor steve rosenberg reports, navalny was seen in good spirits just a day ago. smiling, crackingjokes, smiling, cracking jokes, this was alexei navalny yesterday as he gave testimony by video link from prison. even court officials managed a smile. but today, russia s prison service said that mr navalny was dead. it claimed that inside this penal colony he had fallen unconscious and that medical teams couldn t save him. russian tv rarely mentions navalny. it read out the prison service statement about his death and moved on to other news. he was vladimir putin s most vocal critic, a protest leader, and anti corruption campaigner, who had long clashed
from that report that foreshadowed the withdrawal. have a look. these troops are increasingly pinned down and struggling. in the ditch here, a wounded soldier needing urgent help. so, what s going wrong for ukraine after two years of war? a simple answer can be found a few kilometres away. a ukrainian artillery team. last year, these men were firing 80 shells a day at russian positions around avdiivka. not any more. so, these are the last two shells that you have? yes, says the officer in charge, and these two don t even work. the news of ukraine s withdrawal comes as the world responds to the death of one of the most vocal critics of the war, alexei navalny. the a7 year old russian opposition leader has died in prison, according to the country s prison service. mr navalny was recognised internationally for risking his own life to stand up to mr putin s regime. his cause of death is not yet known. prison officials claim he died after going on a walk. many world leaders o
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