Russian President Vladimir Putin likely did not give a direct order for the murder of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a prison colony in February, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on April 27, citing sources familiar with U.S. intelligence assessments. The finding does not indicate that Putin is not guilty of Navalny’s death, only that he did not order it at that moment, the WSJ noted. Navalny, Russia’s leading opposition figure, died on Feb. 16 in a Russian penal colony behind the Artic Circle. The news was followed by a new wave of Western sanctions and speculations about whether N…