UK calls for 'consequences' over Navalny's death, blames 'Putin's regime in Russia'

LONDON

There should be “consequences” for Russia over the death of opposition figure Alexey Navalny, the British foreign secretary said Friday.

Speaking to Sky News from Munich, where he is attending the Munich Security Conference, David Cameron said Navalny was “an incredibly brave fighter against corruption and he gave up everything in campaigning for what he believed in.”

“We should be clear about what has happened here,” Cameron said. “Putin's Russia imprisoned him, trumped up charges against him, poisoned him, sent him to a Arctic penal colony and now he's tragically died.”

Cameron said Russian President Vladimir Putin should be held accountable for Navalny’s death.

“And no one should be in any doubt about the dreadful nature of Putin's regime in Russia after what has just happened,” he added.

British foreign secretary said, “there should be consequences because there's no doubt in my mind, this man was a brave fighter against corruption, for justice for democracy.”

Cameron said: “And look what Putin's Russia did to him….He's died and that is because of the action that Putin's Russia took.

“No one can look at this regime now and not recognise it for the truly dreadful nature that it has.”