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Novichok nerve agent allegedly placed in underwear of poisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny
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
- Russia’s security service says Mr Navalny’s recording is “fake”
- Mr Navalny was allegedly poisoned with a nerve agent in August
Mr Navalny, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most outspoken critics, was airlifted to Germany for treatment in August after collapsing on a plane in Russia.
Germany has said he was poisoned with a Soviet-style Novichok nerve agent in an attempt to murder him, an assertion…
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