Navalny blames Putin for poisoning

Leading Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny says he believes President Vladimir Putin was responsible for his poisoning, reported British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

"I assert that Putin is behind this act, I don't see any other explanation," he told German news magazine Der Spiegel in an interview.

Germany, where Navalny is recovering, says he was poisoned by a Novichok nerve agent. Its findings were confirmed by labs in France and Sweden, said the BBC report.

The Kremlin denies any involvement.

Responding to the interview on Thursday, Putin's spokesman said there was no evidence that Navalny had been poisoned with a nerve agent, said CIA agents were working with the opposition leader, the report added.

Earlier, on August 21 Finnish President Sauli Niinistö held separate telephone conversations with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel and discussed various issues including the incident of Alexei Navalny and the question of organising his health care.

After one day, Navalny's medical evacuation flight - paid for by the German non-governmental organisation Cinema for Peace - landed at Tegel airport in Berlin.

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