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Navalny's aides say poison found on water bottle

Published : 17 Sep 2020, 15:23

  DF News Desk
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Traces of the nerve agent allegedly used to poison Russian politician Alexei Navalny were found on a bottle in the hotel room where he stayed before falling ill, his team has said, reported British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

Navalny collapsed on a flight in Siberia in August. Germany says he was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent.

It was previously thought that he may have been targeted at the airport, said the BBC report.

"Now we understand: It was done before he left his room to reach the airport," said the report, quoting a post on his Instagram account as saying.

Navalny, Russia's most high profile opposition figure and a leading critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is currently receiving treatment in the German capital Berlin.

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