Russia Says Explosions Above the Kremlin Were an Attempt to Kill Putin (www.nytimes.com)

Putin, he added, would be left to an international war crimes tribunal.

At a news conference with Nordic leaders, Mr.

Navalny, wrote in a social media post. That means they found some pluses in this and, evaluating them, decided that the pluses would be able to outweigh the minuses.

Those pluses could be to galvanize Russians into more fervently backing the war effort, or to presage a new escalation, Mr.

Volkov wrote.

Mr.