German Government says Vladimir Putin opponent Alexei Navalny 'without doubt' poisoned by Novichok nerve agent
4 years, 6 months ago

German Government says Vladimir Putin opponent Alexei Navalny 'without doubt' poisoned by Novichok nerve agent

ABC  

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was "without doubt" poisoned by Novichok nerve agent, the German Government says. Key points: Vladimir Putin critic Alexei Navalny fell seriously ill on August 20 during a flight from Siberia to Moscow Russian doctors initially said there was no evidence of poisoning, but German tests say he was poisoned Mr Navalny remains in an induced coma in a Berlin hospital Toxicology tests of blood samples from Mr Navalny conducted at a German military laboratory produced "unequivocal evidence" that he was poisoned with Novichok, senior government spokesman Steffen Seibert said. The Government said that testing by a German military laboratory showed "proof without doubt of a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok group". Ms Sturgess died from the poisoning while Mr Rowley became severely ill. On Wednesday British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab said he was "deeply concerned" Mr Navalny had been poisoned by Novichok.

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Paramedic thought Sergei Skripal and his daughter had taken fentanyl overdose when he arrived on scene of Salisbury's Novichok poisonings, inquiry hears
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paramedic thought Sergei Skripal and his daughter had taken fentanyl overdose when he arrived on scene of Salisbury's Novichok poisonings, inquiry hears

Daily Mail  

A paramedic said he thought Yulia and Sergei Skripal were suffering from a fentanyl overdose when he arrived at the scene of the Novichok poisonings in Salisbury. The former spy and his daughter are believed to have been poisoned after members of Russian military intelligence smeared the nerve agent on Mr Skripal's door handle in Wiltshire. Sergei Skripal and his …

Sergei Skripal told neighbour he feared Putin would ‘get him’ if he returned to Russia, inquiry hears
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Sergei Skripal told neighbour he feared Putin would ‘get him’ if he returned to Russia, inquiry hears

The Independent  

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Salisbury poisonings could be an ‘act of war’, thought former counter terrorism chief
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Salisbury poisonings could be an ‘act of war’, thought former counter terrorism chief

The Independent  

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Chilling moment ex-Russian spy hands bread to a child after being poisoned by Novichok: Never-before-seen CCTV shows Skripals strolling around Salisbury - unaware they'd been exposed to deadly nerve a
5 months, 1 week ago

Chilling moment ex-Russian spy hands bread to a child after being poisoned by Novichok: Never-before-seen CCTV shows Skripals strolling around Salisbury - unaware they'd been exposed to deadly nerve a

Daily Mail  

Never-before-seen CCTV footage of the Salisbury Novichok attack reveals the moment a former Russian spy innocently handed bread to a child after being poisoned with the deadly nerve agent. CCTV shows former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia happily strolling around Salisbury on March 4, 2018 - utterly unaware they had been poisoned with Novichok. This image was …

Vladimir Putin ordered Novichok attack on my life, Salisbury victim Sergei Skripal tells Dawn Sturgess inquiry
5 months, 1 week ago

Vladimir Putin ordered Novichok attack on my life, Salisbury victim Sergei Skripal tells Dawn Sturgess inquiry

The Independent  

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Novichok perfume bottle contained enough poison to kill thousands, inquiry told
5 months, 1 week ago

Novichok perfume bottle contained enough poison to kill thousands, inquiry told

The Independent  

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Alexei Navalny death latest: UK first country to issue sanctions over killing of Putin critic in prison
1 year, 1 month ago

Alexei Navalny death latest: UK first country to issue sanctions over killing of Putin critic in prison

The Independent  

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Alexei Navalny death: What was India's stance after Putin critic was poisoned with nerve agent in 2020?
1 year, 1 month ago

Alexei Navalny death: What was India's stance after Putin critic was poisoned with nerve agent in 2020?

Live Mint  

India had reiterated its ‘clear and consistent’ stance on chemical weapons after the attack as officials took note of the developments. Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny passed away on Friday at a ‘special regime’ penal colony in Russia. {{^adFree}} {{/adFree}} India had reiterated its ‘clear and consistent’ stance on chemical weapons after the attack as officials took note of the …

Alexei Navalny death: When Putin’s critic was poisoned with ’Novichok’ in 2020
1 year, 1 month ago

Alexei Navalny death: When Putin’s critic was poisoned with ’Novichok’ in 2020

Live Mint  

Russian opposition leader and President Vladimir Putin's staunch critic Alexei Navalny died in one of Russia's toughest penal colonies on February 16, according to the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service. A vociferous opponent of Putin, Navalny had a close call in August 2020 when he was poisoned at the end of a trip to Siberia with a Novichok nerve agent. Narrow …

Alexei Navalny death: When Putin's critic was poisoned with 'Novichok' nerve agent in 2020
1 year, 1 month ago

Alexei Navalny death: When Putin's critic was poisoned with 'Novichok' nerve agent in 2020

Live Mint  

Russian opposition leader and President Vladimir Putin's staunch critic Alexei Navalny died in one of Russia's toughest penal colonies on February 16, according to the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service. A vociferous opponent of Putin, Navalny had a close call in August 2020 when he was poisoned at the end of a trip to Siberia with a Novichok nerve agent. Narrow …

Alexei Navalny: 10 points about fierce Putin critic who survived poisoning attempt in 2020 now dead in prison
1 year, 1 month ago

Alexei Navalny: 10 points about fierce Putin critic who survived poisoning attempt in 2020 now dead in prison

Hindustan Times  

Alexei Navalny dies: Russia's prison agency on Friday announced the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny at the age of 47. Alexei Navalny- Vladimir Putin's principal opponent • Navalny was a prominent figure in Russia's divided opposition, often likened to Nelson Mandela by his supporters who anticipated his eventual release from jail to lead the country. • Barred from running …

Alexei Navalny dead: When Vladimir Putin's fierce critic was poisoned with nerve agent
1 year, 1 month ago

Alexei Navalny dead: When Vladimir Putin's fierce critic was poisoned with nerve agent

Hindustan Times  

Alexei Navalny, jailed Russian opposition leader and fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has died, the prison service where he had been serving his sentence said on Friday. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands inside a glass cell during a court hearing at the Babushkinsky district court in Moscow on February 20, 2021. Navalny's team immediately suspected foul play, …

Nerve agents, poison, window falls: Many Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed
1 year, 7 months ago

Nerve agents, poison, window falls: Many Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed

LA Times  

Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny, now imprisoned, is one of many Kremlin foes who have sickened or died under suspicious circumstances. A British inquiry found that Russian agents had killed Litvinenko, probably with Putin’s approval, but the Kremlin denied any involvement. Anna Politkovskaya, the newspaper journalist for Novaya Gazeta whose death Litvinenko was investigating, was shot and killed in the …

Salisbury attack: Police officer poisoned with novichok felt like ‘life was being taken away slowly’
3 years, 5 months ago

Salisbury attack: Police officer poisoned with novichok felt like ‘life was being taken away slowly’

The Independent  

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UK coroner asks for public inquiry into Novichok poisonings
3 years, 6 months ago

UK coroner asks for public inquiry into Novichok poisonings

The Independent  

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Alexander Litvinenko killing: Russia responsible for assassination, European court rules
3 years, 6 months ago

Alexander Litvinenko killing: Russia responsible for assassination, European court rules

CNN  

CNN — Russia was responsible for killing Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian agent turned Kremlin critic who died in London by polonium poisoning in 2006, the European Court of Human Rights said Tuesday. The ruling found that “Russia was responsible for assassination of Aleksandr Litvinenko in the UK.” “The Court found in particular that there was a strong prima facie …

Alexey Navalny: Protesters across Russia call for Navalny’s release on same day as Putin’s annual address
3 years, 11 months ago

Alexey Navalny: Protesters across Russia call for Navalny’s release on same day as Putin’s annual address

CNN  

Moscow CNN — Russian security forces rounded up more than 1,000 demonstrators on Wednesday as thousands of people in cities across the country rallied in support of jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny, according to OVD-Info, an independent monitoring group. The nationwide protests came on the same day that President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual address to the nation, warning foreign …

Opinion: The last chance to save Alexey Navalny
3 years, 11 months ago

Opinion: The last chance to save Alexey Navalny

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Kenneth Roth is executive director of Human Rights Watch. CNN — Last summer, Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny narrowly survived an assassination attempt, widely believed to have been organized by Russia’s security services, through a Novichok nerve-agent poisoning. Kenneth Roth Courtesy of Human Rights Watch The Kremlin has already weathered a raft of Western sanctions imposed for misdeeds …

Navalny doctor says Putin critic ‘could die at any moment’
3 years, 11 months ago

Navalny doctor says Putin critic ‘could die at any moment’

The Independent  

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Russian suspects in the Salisbury poisoning linked to blast in Czech Republic
3 years, 11 months ago

Russian suspects in the Salisbury poisoning linked to blast in Czech Republic

CNN  

CNN — The suspects of the 2018 novichok nerve agent poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury, England, have been linked to a 2014 blast in the Czech Republic that killed two people. Putin has said the two men identified as suspects are “not criminals.” The UK foreign office said on Sunday: “It has been announced by the Czech …

Russian agents spied on Sergei and Yulia Skripal FIVE YEARS before Salisbury attack, coroner is told
3 years, 11 months ago

Russian agents spied on Sergei and Yulia Skripal FIVE YEARS before Salisbury attack, coroner is told

Daily Mail  

Russian agents spied on Sergei and Yulia Skripal five years before the Salisbury Novichok poisoning, a pre-inquest review has heard. The movements of two intelligence officers - who used the aliases Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov - will be investigated during the probe into the death of Dawn Sturgess, Coroner Baroness Hallett said. The 2013 movements of two intelligence officers …

Would you buy novichok spy Sergei Skripal's house?
4 years ago

Would you buy novichok spy Sergei Skripal's house?

Daily Mail  

The home of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal has been bought by Wiltshire Council. The infamous four-bedroom detached house in Salisbury has been lying empty since the assassination attempt with Novichok on Mr Skripal, 69, and his daughter three years ago. Circled: The infected door handle The infamous four-bedroom detached house in Salisbury has been lying empty since the assassination …

Man who gave the world Novichok invents Covid drug
4 years, 2 months ago

Man who gave the world Novichok invents Covid drug

The Independent  

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Alexey Navalny detained on return to Moscow five months after being poisoned
4 years, 2 months ago

Alexey Navalny detained on return to Moscow five months after being poisoned

CNN  

CNN — Russia’s leading Kremlin critic, Alexey Navalny, was detained by police in the outskirts of Moscow on Sunday, moments after his return to the country and five months after he was poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok. Flight diverted to Sheremetyevo Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, right, and his wife, Yulia Navalnya, on a Pobeda airlines plane heading to …

Russia's prison service tells Navalny to appear or face jail
4 years, 2 months ago

Russia's prison service tells Navalny to appear or face jail

The Independent  

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Novichok nerve agent allegedly placed in underwear of poisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny
4 years, 3 months ago

Novichok nerve agent allegedly placed in underwear of poisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny

ABC  

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has released a recording of a phone call he says he made to a Russian state security operative, claiming he tricked the agent into disclosing details of a botched plot to kill him by placing poison in his underpants. Key points: Mr Navalny says he posed as a Russian Security Council aide on the call …

Navalny Reportedly Dupes Agent Into Revealing Details Of Poisoning
4 years, 3 months ago

Navalny Reportedly Dupes Agent Into Revealing Details Of Poisoning

NPR  

Navalny Reportedly Dupes Agent Into Revealing Details Of Poisoning Enlarge this image toggle caption Navalny instagram account/AP Navalny instagram account/AP Updated at 1:15 p.m. ET Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he has uncovered details of his own poisoning by duping one of the Kremlin agents involved into revealing how it was done. The research group Bellingcat revealed details Monday …

Vladimir Putin denies involvement in Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny’s poisoning
4 years, 3 months ago

Vladimir Putin denies involvement in Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny’s poisoning

The Hindu  

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday rejected allegations that the Kremlin was behind the poisoning of his top political foe, opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and accused U.S. intelligence agencies of fomenting the claims. Speaking via video call during an annual marathon news conference, the Russian leader countered the accusations by saying that if the Kremlin wanted to poison Mr. Navalny …

Russian Agents Trailed Opposition Leader Navalny Before Poisoning, Report Finds
4 years, 3 months ago

Russian Agents Trailed Opposition Leader Navalny Before Poisoning, Report Finds

NPR  

Russian Agents Trailed Opposition Leader Navalny Before Poisoning, Report Finds Enlarge this image toggle caption Yuri Kadobnov/AFP via Getty Images Yuri Kadobnov/AFP via Getty Images Updated 8:30 a.m. ET Kremlin agents followed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny for years and were nearby just before an attack with a deadly nerve agent almost killed him in August, according to a new …

Russian intelligence agents reported to be behind Navalny poisoning
4 years, 3 months ago

Russian intelligence agents reported to be behind Navalny poisoning

The Telegraph  

Several members of a Russian elite intelligence unit trailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny for days before he was poisoned with a deadly nerve agent in August, a joint investigation by forensic intelligence group Bellingcat and several media outlets revealed on Monday. He described the botched poisoning as Mr Putin’s “personal plan and his personal failure.” Phone records, flight manifests and …

Sergei Skripal requires live-in nurse after novichok attack, says daughter
4 years, 3 months ago

Sergei Skripal requires live-in nurse after novichok attack, says daughter

The Independent  

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Moscow office of Navalny's organization searched during raid
4 years, 4 months ago

Moscow office of Navalny's organization searched during raid

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EU, UK sanction top Russian officials over Navalny ‘poisoning’
4 years, 5 months ago

EU, UK sanction top Russian officials over Navalny ‘poisoning’

Al Jazeera  

French President Emmanuel Macron leads European push to punish Russia, prompting an angry response from the Kremlin. The European Union and the United Kingdom have imposed sanctions on top Russian officials close to President Vladimir Putin in an unexpectedly robust and swift response to the August poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny. Pushed by France and Germany, where Navalny was …

Germany: OPCW confirms nerve agent used in Navalny poisoning
4 years, 5 months ago

Germany: OPCW confirms nerve agent used in Navalny poisoning

Associated Press  

BERLIN — The global chemical watchdog group has confirmed Germany and other countries’ findings that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was the victim of an attack with a Soviet-era nerve agent, German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said Tuesday. Steffen Seibert said in a statement that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, or OPCW, had carried out its own …

Chemical Watchdog Group OPCW Confirms Nerve Agent Used In Russian Leader Navalny's Poisoning
4 years, 5 months ago

Chemical Watchdog Group OPCW Confirms Nerve Agent Used In Russian Leader Navalny's Poisoning

News 18  

The global chemical watchdog group has confirmed Germany and other countries’ findings that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was the victim of an attack with a Soviet-era nerve agent, German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said Tuesday. This once again confirms unequivocally that Alexei Navalny was the victim of an attack with a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok group, Seibert …

Navalny blames Russian intelligence for ‘poisoning’ attack
4 years, 5 months ago

Navalny blames Russian intelligence for ‘poisoning’ attack

Al Jazeera  

Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny said he believes Russia’s intelligence services poisoned him with a Novichok nerve agent because authorities saw him as a threat ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections. Navalny’s spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh had initially said she believed that tea Navalny drank at the airport was poisoned, but on September 17, his team said the nerve agent was detected …

Russia’s Navalny accuses Putin of being behind poisoning
4 years, 5 months ago

Russia’s Navalny accuses Putin of being behind poisoning

The Hindu  

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is recovering in Germany after being poisoned in Russia by a nerve agent, accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of being behind the attack in comments released Thursday. Mr. Navalny, a politician and corruption investigator who is Putin’s fiercest critic, was flown to Germany two days after falling ill on Aug. 20 on a domestic …

Russia’s Alexei Navalny accuses Putin of being behind poisoning
4 years, 5 months ago

Russia’s Alexei Navalny accuses Putin of being behind poisoning

LA Times  

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is recovering in Germany after being poisoned in Russia by a nerve agent, accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of being behind the attack in comments released Thursday. Navalny, a politician and corruption investigator who is Putin’s fiercest critic, was flown to Germany two days after falling ill on Aug. 20 on a domestic flight …

Alexei Navalny Says Russia's Putin Had Him Poisoned With Nerve Agent
4 years, 5 months ago

Alexei Navalny Says Russia's Putin Had Him Poisoned With Nerve Agent

NPR  

Alexei Navalny Says Russia's Putin Had Him Poisoned With Nerve Agent Enlarge this image toggle caption Navalny Instagram via AP Navalny Instagram via AP Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he believes that President Vladimir Putin had him poisoned with a rare nerve agent. In an interview published Thursday, Navalny told the German magazine Der Spiegel that the use of …

Angela Merkel confirms 'personal visit' to Navalny in hospital after novichok poisoning
4 years, 5 months ago

Angela Merkel confirms 'personal visit' to Navalny in hospital after novichok poisoning

The Independent  

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Russian Opposition leader Alexei Navalny, discharged from German hospital after 32 days, mocks Vladimir Putin
4 years, 6 months ago

Russian Opposition leader Alexei Navalny, discharged from German hospital after 32 days, mocks Vladimir Putin

Firstpost  

In an Instagram post, the Russian Opposition leader scoffed at Putin’s comments that Navalny might have poisoned himself, saying it was a “good theory” Berlin: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been released from a Berlin hospital after more than a month’s treatment for poisoning, with doctors now believing that it’s possible he could see a “complete recovery” from the …

Alexei Navalny released from hospital as doctors predict 'full recovery’ from poisoning
4 years, 6 months ago

Alexei Navalny released from hospital as doctors predict 'full recovery’ from poisoning

The Independent  

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After weeks in coma, Putin critic Alexei Navalny discharged from hospital, eyes full recovery
4 years, 6 months ago

After weeks in coma, Putin critic Alexei Navalny discharged from hospital, eyes full recovery

India Today  

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who the West believes was poisoned with a Soviet-era nerve agent, has been discharged from hospital after a month, his doctors in Berlin said Wednesday. But Germany said toxicology tests provide "unequivocal proof" that he had been poisoned by the military-grade nerve agent Novichok, which was also used to poison ex-double agent Sergei Skripal in …

Alexey Navalny released from German hospital after 32 days
4 years, 6 months ago

Alexey Navalny released from German hospital after 32 days

Al Jazeera  

The German hospital treating Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny for poisoning said on Wednesday that his condition has improved enough for him to be released, and suggested a “complete recovery” from the nerve agent was possible. Navalny, 44, spent 32 days in treatment in Berlin’s Charite hospital, 24 of which were in intensive care, before doctors deemed his “condition had …

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny appears in public after leaving Berlin hospital
4 years, 6 months ago

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny appears in public after leaving Berlin hospital

India Today  

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny made his first public appearance on Wednesday after being discharged from a Berlin hospital where Germany said he was being treated for poisoning by a potentially deadly nerve agent. Charite hospital said Navalny's condition had improved sufficiently for him to be discharged from acute inpatient care. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russian authorities were pleased …

‘Another time’: Trump declines to answer question on whom he believes poisoned Putin critic Alexei Navalny
4 years, 6 months ago

‘Another time’: Trump declines to answer question on whom he believes poisoned Putin critic Alexei Navalny

The Independent  

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Navalny says nerve agent was found ‘in and on’ his body
4 years, 6 months ago

Navalny says nerve agent was found ‘in and on’ his body

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny demanded Monday that Russia return the clothes he was wearing on the day he fell into a coma in Siberia, calling it “a crucial piece of evidence” in the nerve agent poisoning he is being treated for at a German hospital. In a blog post Monday, Navalny said the Novichok nerve agent was …

Navalny demands Russia return clothes worn during ‘attack’
4 years, 6 months ago

Navalny demands Russia return clothes worn during ‘attack’

Al Jazeera  

Clothes worn during alleged Novichok poisoning an ‘important piece of evidence’, says Kremlin critic, as he recovers. Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has demanded that Moscow return his clothes, claiming that Western laboratories had found traces of a Novichok nerve agent in and on his body. “The 30 days of ‘pre-investigation probe’ were used to hide this important evidence,” Navalny …

Russian Novichok scientist apologises to Navalny
4 years, 6 months ago

Russian Novichok scientist apologises to Navalny

Al Jazeera  

Vil Mirzayanov’s apology comes as another scientist who worked on programme denied Navalny was poisoned with Novichok. Vil Mirzayanov, a chemist who was the first to reveal Novichok’s development, in an interview with Russia’s TV Rain on Saturday evening said he wanted to apologise to Navalny after Germany said it found “unequivocal evidence” he was poisoned with Novichok. Mirzayanov’s apology …

Navalny posts Instagram photo of him walking down stairs
4 years, 6 months ago

Navalny posts Instagram photo of him walking down stairs

Al Jazeera  

Kremlin critic says he is regaining verbal and physical abilities after treatment for suspected nerve agent poisoning. Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny has been seen walking down stairs in a photo posted on his Instagram feed, five days after a Berlin hospital said he had been taken off a ventilator and could breathe independently. “They turned me from a ‘technically …

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