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Once again, Putin is ordering his rivals killed. \\nThe attacks range from the exotic \\u2014 poisoned by drinking polonium-laced tea or touching a deadly nerve agent \\u2014 to the more mundane of getting shot at close range. Some take a fatal plunge from an open window.\\nOver the years, Kremlin political critics, turncoat spies and investigative journalists have been killed or assaulted in a variety of ways.\\nOn Friday, Russian authorities said President Vladimir Putin\\u2019s key political challenger, Alexei Navalny, died in an Arctic prison colony. The details of what happened are unknown; Navalny\\u2019s team says it has no official confirmation of his death and Russian authorities say they are establishing why he died. His allies previously accused Russian officials of trying to poison him with a nerve agent in 2020.\\nAssassination attempts against foes of Putin have been common during his nearly quarter century in power. Those close to the victims and the few survivors have blamed Russian authorities, but the Kremlin has routinely denied involvement.

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