Of course he is making it about himself. Navalny is Trump after all.

"The sudden death of Alexei Navalny has made me more and more aware of what is happening in our Country," the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination wrote on his Truth Social platform, appearing to link the death to his own political troubles.

he does imply Navalny was persecuted for his politics.

Also why is Trump not in the gulag for Jan 6th?