DISINFO: Navalny is a trump card for the US administration for negotiations with Russia
SUMMARY
Joe Biden’s administration will use the Navalny factor not only as an instrument for interference in Russia’s internal affairs, but also as a trump card in various bilateral negotiations, for instance, on the prolongation of the nuclear arms treaty. The US will also issue orders to its European partners to synchronise actions against Russia on various levels.
RESPONSE
Recurrent pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives defaming Alexei Navalny as an “instrument of Western powers”, and accusing the EU of being subordinate to the US and serving Washington’s interests instead of its own.
The US is an important ally to the EU but the latter's policy is not determined by the US, as explained by the EU High Representative.
Similar disinformation narratives claim that EU and NATO member states are subordinate to the US, while the US has long regarded the EU as a kind of protectorate, and that lined up with the US, the EU never took independent decisions.