Makes sense to me, as Russia had NOTHING TO GAIN by offing the guy, since his ‘liberalism’ is now TOTALLY DISCREDITED in Russia, due to the Neocon War in Ukraine - to put it another way, the Neocons have made it perfectly clear that they have ALWAYS viewed Russia as their enemy, at least since Russia made it difficult for Pedophiles to operate there (starting in 2014).
So Navalny had about as much credibility in Russia as the American Nazi Party had in the US, after Pearl Harbor.
But his death was VERY CONVENIENT for the Neocons, as it took away from the biggest defeat yet for them (Avdiivka), crumbling of Ukraine lines elsewhere, and it happened during the battle for another $61B of grift.
Did the Neocons get Navalny killed? Hell if I know...all I know is that the timing of his death was as close to perfect as possible for the Neocons.
It is absurd. He was in Russian custody in a remote high security location. What sort of anime thriller ninja skills do you think the CIA has?