Putin trolls US, defends treatment of Navalny by citing Capitol riot arrests, police shootings, BLM protests

Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.President Biden called Vladimir Putin’s comparison of Russian opposition protests to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot "ridiculous." "I think that's a ridiculous comparison," Biden said in a news conference following his Geneva meeting with the Russian president on Wednesday. His death was ruled as a result of natural causes, but the medical examiner ruled that the riot played a role in his condition.Biden said it was different from people marching to say "you are not allowing me to speak freely."Putin, in his own news conference following the meeting, likened both Black Lives Matter protests that raged across the U.S. and the Jan. 6 Capitol riot to the pro-democracy movement led by opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Russia. A Moscow court last week outlawed the organizations founded by Navalny by labeling them extremist, the latest move in a campaign to silence dissent and bar Kremlin critics from running for parliament in September.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPBiden said that he did not threaten Putin, but asserted that if Navalny dies in prison, the consequences "would be devastating for Russia." Later in the briefing, Biden said that he did not discuss any potential military response if Russia further breaches U.S. interests.