-Analysis- A report last month in The Wall Street Journal cited a U.S. intelligence conclusion that Russian President Vladimir Putin did not give direct orders to kill Alexei Navalny. The article sparked immediate criticism from colleagues of the deceased opposition leader, who called this view of how Russian reality operates extremely naive. For the latest news & views from every corner of the world, Worldcrunch Today is the only truly international newsletter. Sign up here. “Those who see it this way do not understand whatsoever how things work in modern Russia,” said former Anti-Corruption …