“The Novichok in underwear” – Corriere.it

Russian opponent Alexei Navalny was poisoned last August. Yesterday, the blogger, a fierce opponent of Putin, published a phone call made with a man, Konstantin Kudryavtsev, a member of the Russian secret services, who spoke to him thinking about referring to a high official of the State Security Council.

A group had taken care of the security cameras of the Xander Hotel where the opponent Alexei Navalny was staying. Then, while he was in the pool, other FSB agents entered his room to contaminate the blogger’s clothes with Novichok. After Navalny’s departure for Germany, another team was dispatched to Omsk to clean up all traces of contamination. It was made up of Agent Kudryavtsev, a specialist in chemical and bacteriological substances. “What clothes did you focus on?” asks the false high official Ustinov during the telephone call recorded and broadcast by Bellingcat.

(K and Kudryavtsev, U and Ustinov, that is, Navalny).
K: “The underpants.”
U: «Mmm. underpants. They had the highest risk factor, where would the concentration be highest? ”
K: “Well yes.”
U: “Inside or outside?”
K: “We take care of the inside, that’s what we did.”
U: “Well, imagine you have underwear in front of you, what part have you worked on?”
K: “Inside, where the groin is.”
U: “Your groin?” That is to say? ”
K: Well, the scrotum, as they call it. There are seams there. Around the seams.
U: ‘Wait, this is important. Who gave you the information that the scrotum should be cleaned? ”
K: ‘We imagine it. They told us to work inside the underwear. ‘
Then Navalny-Ustinov asked if the panties are still intact and can be returned to the family after “cleaning” them. In the sense that no one has hurt them.
K: ‘No, everything is fine. They are in good condition, clean.
U: “And the pants?”
K: “There was a possibility that some traces were left there, inside, since normally there is contact between the pants and the underwear. So we have them covered too. They are clean and now everything is fine.
U: “But in your opinion, was the method used correct or incorrect?”
K: ‘Well, that was decided by the superiors, so I think it’s fine … The method works; there is contact and therefore a good diffusion ».
U: “And there are no traces on the body afterwards?”
K: No, it absorbs quickly. Leaves no trace. “