One of the top associates of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been arrested after knocking on the door an alleged security guard who unwittingly revealed details of Navalny’s alleged poisoning with a Soviet-era nervous agent.
MOSCOW – One of the top associates of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was arrested on Friday after knocking on the door an alleged security guard who inadvertently revealed details of Navalny’s alleged poisoning with a nervous security agent. it was Soviet.
Lyubov Sobol, a key figure in the Navalny Anti-Corruption Foundation, was detained for 48 hours after a day of interrogation accused of rape. The move followed Sobol’s attempt on Monday to enter the Moscow apartment of the alleged agent, whom Navalny had previously tricked into describing the details of the alleged poisoning.
Sobol has denied the allegations and has insisted he did not violate any law by ringing the doorbell of the apartment. While questioning Sobol, the State Investigation Committee issued a statement accusing her of entering, allegations her colleagues have rejected.
Earlier this week, Navalny posted the recording of a phone call he told a man he identified as Konstantin Kudryavtsev and described as an alleged member of a group of Federal Security Service officers ( FSB), who allegedly poisoned him with Soviet-era Novichok Agent in August and then tried to cover him up.
Navalny, who is recovering in Germany, said he called the man hours before the Bellingcat research group released a report alleging that FSB agents with specialized training in chemical weapons followed him for years. and that they were in the vicinity when he was poisoned.
In the call, Navalny introduced himself as a security officer and tricked his interlocutor by sharing details of the alleged poisoning operation and acknowledging that he was involved in “processing” Navalny’s underwear so that “he would not be left behind. no trace “of poison.
Navalny fell ill during the August 20 flight to Russia and was taken to Berlin while in a coma for treatment two days later. Laboratories in Germany, France, and Sweden, and tests by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, established that he was exposed to a Novichok nerve agent from the Soviet era.
Russian authorities have vehemently denied any involvement in the poisoning and the FSB dismissed the recording published by Navalny as false.