Putin shows his evil timidity in Navalny’s death

Russian investigative journalist and opposition figure Alexei Navalny has died. Russian authorities say that Navalny collapsed after a walk at the prison colony where he was imprisoned on false charges of corruption and extremism. The 47-year-old was detested by Vladimir Putin and his cronies for publicizing their rampant corruption and for his humorous repudiations of their efforts to portray him as a foreign stooge.

While there was always a high risk of Navalny being killed in prison, it is as yet unclear what happened to him. Navalny had been subjected...