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    Vladimir Putin Shrugs Off Alexei Navalny's Poisoning: 'Who Needs Him?'

    During his year-end news conference, the Russian president glibly brushed aside international suspicions that Kremlin agents were behind the attempted assassination of the leading opposition figure.
    by Colin Dwyer Dec 17, 2020 2 minutes
    Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual year-end news conference went remote this year, as he addressed reporters from the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow via a video link Thursday.

    Updated at 10:20 a.m. ET

    In his marathon year-end news conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin projected confidence and defiance on a range of issues — and vehemently denied government involvement in the recent poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

    On Thursday, Putin appeared during the latest iteration of a Q-and-A that regularly tops four hours,

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