Russian police searched Navaln’s assistant’s apartment and launched a criminal investigation



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Navaln, 44, announced on Monday that he had called FSB chemical weapons expert Konstantin Kudriavtsev, introduced himself as a Kremlin Security Council official and obtained a confession that the FSB had tried to kill him in August by poisoning his underwear. .

“Today, the police arrived at Liubov Sobol’s apartment at 7 pm,” the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) founded by A. Navaln reported on Twitter on Friday.

The phone of L. Sobol, 33, was off, Navalno spokeswoman Kira Jarmysh and FBK chief Ivan Zhdanov said they did not know where he was.

L. Sobol’s husband and daughter were allowed to leave the apartment.

Shortly afterwards, I. Ždanovas wrote on Twitter that Russian officials had launched a criminal investigation against L. Sobol for violating the inviolability of the dwelling by using violence or threatening to use it. Under Russian law, such a violation can be fined up to 200 thousand. rubles (2.2 thousand euros) or up to two years in prison.

„Scanpix“ nuotr./Liubov Sobol

„Scanpix“ nuotr./Liubov Sobol

L. Sobol, who is a lawyer by training and has said he intends to run in next year’s parliamentary elections, went to an apartment in Moscow on Monday, where K. Kudriavtsev is believed to be living. She was arrested and spent more than six hours at the police station.

Speaking to the AFP news agency at the time, he expressed concern about a possible criminal investigation against him.

On Friday, A. Navalnas wrote on Twitter that the search of L. Sobol’s apartment is related to his attempt to speak with said FSB agent.

On August 20, Navaln felt ill during a flight from Tomsk to Moscow. After a plane landed in Omsk, a Kremlin critic was transferred to a hospital in the city and a couple of days later, in a coma, was flown to Germany for a private medical flight.

The European Union has imposed sanctions on six Russian officials and a state research institute after investigations by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) revealed that Navaln had been poisoned with the Soviet-made fighter “Novičiok”. that paralyzes the nerves. The Kremlin, denying its role in the poisoning, has issued retaliatory sanctions against EU officials.



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