While Navalny's supporters and others say this is due to Putin's fear that naming Navalny would empower him as an adversary, Russians who don't think much of the anti-Kremlin muckraker seem more inclined to believe that Navalny-supporters' gripes about Putin's rhetorical reticence are simple arrogance. Alexey Navalny's supporters have once again noted that Putin didn't once mention Alexey Navalny.
Els partidaris d'Alexei Navalny s'han tornat a adonar que Putin no ha mencionat ni una vegada Alexei Navalny.