Agent Rus deceived by Navalni’s lies, “I have poison in my underwear.”

CNN reported on the 21st (local time) that testimony came in that a poisoning team under the Russian Federal Security Agency (FSB) attempted to poison Russian opposition activist Alexey Navalni.

Russian opposition activist Alexey Navalni (left), who was subjected to poisonous terrorism in August, pointed to Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) as the reason behind the incident. [AFP=연합뉴스]

Earlier on the 15th, CNN reported that it had secured the identities of 6-10 agents from the FSB poisoning team who have been tracking Navalni for more than three years through joint coverage with England’s Bellingcat and Germany’s The Spigel. . According to reports at the time, the poison team consisted of doctors and poison specialists and has been monitoring Navalni and his wife since 2017.

CNN said they requested a direct phone call to agents from the FSB poisoning team regarding the report, but were later turned down. He also explained that Navalni had left in person before contacting the last remaining agent, Constantine Kudriavchev.

According to this, Navalni introduced himself as a high-level official of the Russian National Security Council (NSC) and tried to speak to Kudriavchev. The caller’s number was changed to the FSB central office number to avoid suspicion, and the conversation began under the pretext of having to inform the top of the reason for the failure of the poisoning attempt.

Kudriavchev was duped by Navalni’s lies. In a 45-minute call, he explained in detail how the FSB poisoning team tried to poison Navalni in Tomsk, Siberia, in August.

Navalni deludes himself as a high-ranking Russian NSC official and talks to a member of the Poison Team of the Russian Federal Security Agency (FSB). [로이터=연합뉴스]

According to the records of the call with Kudriavchev, the poisoning team sneaked into a hotel room from August 18-20 using the laundry service of a hotel in Tomsk, Siberia, where Navalni was staying. They said they left no evidence by cutting the hotel’s CCTV before entering the hotel room.

he is When asked, “Where did they poison you?”, He said “underwear.” When Navalni asked me to be more specific, he replied, “The inner seam and groin area of ​​underwear.” He added that he returned to Tomsk on August 25, five days after Navalni fell, recovered his underwear and erased the evidence.

There was also a deep side related to the background to this incident. When Kudriavchev said, “They told me to work inside my underwear,” Navalni said, “Who said that? Maxshakov? “Said yes “. Makshakov is a scientist who has been appointed head of the FSB poisoning team.

When asked if there was a problem with the amount of poison he used, he refuted: “Rather, more than a lethal dose was buried.” At the same time, he was convinced that the attempt to poison Navalni would be successful, but explained that it failed due to unexpected events.

“The scheduled flight time for Navalni was three hours,” Kudriavchev said. If I had not made an emergency landing and received first aid, the results would have been different, “he said.” I didn’t know this would happen. Everything is wrong, ”he said.

Navalni will be transported from Russia to the Charite Hospital in Berlin, Germany, on August 22. President Putin is refuting the theory behind the poisoned terrorism, saying that he was the person who allowed Navalni to be transferred for treatment. [AFP=연합뉴스]

In an interview with CNN about the call, Navalni said: “It has become so clear that President Vladimir Putin is behind the incident.”

The FSB immediately refuted the accusations by Navalni and CNN, saying: “The conversation between Navalni and his staff is false.” The FSB Public Affairs Office said: “The technology to change the call number is a tool of foreign intelligence agencies”, through the Russian state TASS communication. The Kremlin and Makshakov did not reveal their position in related reports.

On August 20, Navalni, considered a staple of President Putin, fell into a coma on a flight from Siberia, Russia to Moscow. The plane then made an emergency landing and Navalni was flown to Germany while receiving treatment in Russia. Subsequently, the German government and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) announced that a blood sample from Navalni had been detected and the former Soviet nerve agent ‘Nobichok’ had been detected. Navalni, who regained consciousness in September, pointed to the Russian government as responsible for the incident. He is currently in Germany.

Reporter Lee Min-jung [email protected]