Well, he apparently still does.. the Bellingcat report is now Navalny's insurance policy, Putin is now thinking twice before doing anything really bad to Navaln

Well, he apparently still does.. the Bellingcat report is now Navalny's insurance policy, Putin is now thinking twice before doing anything really bad to Navalny, because it could cause mass protests... Strangely enough the Russian government still want to appear to have a legitimate democracy, probably caring more about the appearance to the governed rather than to outsiders.