World: SPIEGEL: A detachment of eight men was dispatched to poison Navalny

Indeed, a detachment of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was poisoned by a detachment of the Russian National Security Service responsible for internal security this summer, Der Spiegel reported.

The German news portal investigated the case together with Bellingcat’s international investigative network of investigative journalists, Russian news portal The Insider and CNN.

After analyzing data on mobile telecommunications services in Russia or on the location of devices, as well as passenger lists and other sources on Russian domestic flights, it was concluded that “there can be little reasonable doubt” that Alexei Navalny He was hired by the Federal Security Service (FSB) for at least he was poisoned by a detachment of eight officers.

The members were identified and tried to contact them, but they did not respond to inquiries. All are men, three are medical graduates and two are scientists specializing in biological and chemical weapons.

The detachment’s activities were coordinated by Dr. Oleg Tajakin, a staff member of the FSB forensic institute.

Spiegel writes that FSB agents began dealing with Navalny in a coordinated and intensive manner in mid-2017 at the latest, after the politician announced that he would run in next year’s presidential election. There have been at least thirty cases of tracking on scheduled flights in the largest country in the world. According to the portal, by the way, they were probably already trying to poison Navalny in 2019.

According to Spiegel, it may be that the assassination attempt in August of a neurotox named rookies was authorized or instructed by the highest levels of the Russian state leadership.

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Just before the action, Oleg Tajakin paid a brief visit to Sochi, where several members of the political elite are undergoing mandatory quarantine for the coronavirus epidemic before speaking personally with the head of state, Vladimir Putin.

Navalny negotiated with opponents in Siberia on August 20, and on his way home on a plane to Moscow he was ill. The plane made a forced landing in Omsk and the 44-year-old politician was transferred to a hospital there. His family members and staff already suspected that he had been poisoned, but Russian doctors firmly denied it. On August 24, his doctors said the first test results indicated poisoning.

Based on clinical results, Alexei Navalny may have been poisoned with a substance that lowers cholinesterase, one of the most important enzymes in the human body, called Novics. These substances are used, for example, in pesticides, but one of the most famous fighting neurotoxins, sarin, also has an inhibitory effect on cholinesterase.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called the poisoning of Russia’s best-known opposition Alexei Navalny a harsh attack on fundamental democratic rights, and the organization and the European Union called for international action, while Russians speak out. of a disinformation campaign on the Navalny affair.

Navalny, who has meanwhile been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, is getting better anyway and in September walking or climbing was no longer a problem for him.