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Alexei Navalny blames Vladimir Putin for poisoning, vows to return to Russia
Source: ABC News (Australia)
Alexei Navalny blames Vladimir Putin for poisoning, vows to return to Russia
Posted 4h ago, updated 2h ago
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny told a German magazine he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin was behind his suspected poisoning, but said he was not afraid and would return to Russia to resume campaigning.
Mr Navalny was flown from Russia to Berlin in August after falling ill on a domestic flight.
He received treatment in Germany for what Berlin said was poisoning by a potentially deadly nerve agent, Novichok, before being discharged in September.
"I believe that Putin is behind the crime and I don't have any other versions of what happened," Mr Navalny told German magazine Der Spiegel, according to an extract of an interview due to be published this week.
Some Western nations have demanded an explanation from the Kremlin, which has denied any involvement in the incident and said it has yet to see evidence of a crime.
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Posted 4h ago, updated 2h ago
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny told a German magazine he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin was behind his suspected poisoning, but said he was not afraid and would return to Russia to resume campaigning.
Mr Navalny was flown from Russia to Berlin in August after falling ill on a domestic flight.
He received treatment in Germany for what Berlin said was poisoning by a potentially deadly nerve agent, Novichok, before being discharged in September.
"I believe that Putin is behind the crime and I don't have any other versions of what happened," Mr Navalny told German magazine Der Spiegel, according to an extract of an interview due to be published this week.
Some Western nations have demanded an explanation from the Kremlin, which has denied any involvement in the incident and said it has yet to see evidence of a crime.
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Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-01/alexei-navalny-blames-vladimir-putin-vows-russia-return/12723612
