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In August, opposition politician Alexei Navalny was poisoned. Now he has tricked an FSB agent into admitting the attack.
Alexei Navalny pretended to write a report on the failed poison attack. The lie worked. Photo: SHAMIL ZHUMATOV, REUTERS / NTB
– I need a paragraph. Just a brief assessment by members of the command on what went wrong, Navalny said.
Under a false name, he called the Russian agent Konstantin Kudryavzev (41). He asked for help writing a report on the poison attack.
And certainly the bluff was not successful. The chemistry expert also confirmed the names of the agents who participated, writes Der Spiegel.
The poison attack on Alexei Navalny attracted worldwide attention. Navalny fell seriously ill aboard a Siberian plane. Then he was transported to Berlin. There he was in the hospital for a month.
The poison was of the novitiate type, documents a renowned German military laboratory. It was also confirmed by two renowned Swedish and French laboratories. The nerve agent was developed by the Russian army. Only a few have access to it.
The Russian authorities have denied any involvement in the case.
A team of eight agents was behind
Der Spiegel, Bellingcat, The Insider and CNN revealed a week ago that a team of eight agents was behind it. The equipment came from the Russian security service FSB.
Last week, President Vladimir Putin confirmed that FSB agents had overshadowed Navalny, and the president claimed it was because the opposition politician was cooperating with American intelligence. However, he said that if the FSB had really wanted to kill Navalny, it would have succeeded.
Navalny was aware of the revelations from Der Spiegel, Bellingcat, The Insider and CNN beforehand. Just before the announcement on December 14, he picked up the phone himself and called the FSB.
First he called Mikhail Sjvets (43). He is one of the eight agents who should have participated. Navalny pretended to be the assistant to Nikolai Patrushev, the head of the Russian Security Council.
But the Shvets recognized Navalny’s voice. He broke up the conversation.
Alexei Navalny smiles at a photo taken in Berlin not so long ago. Now he has managed to fool the FSB. Photo: Youtube – VDUD / REUTERS / NTB
– I want to know why you wanted to kill me
Then Navalny hit the thread of Alexei Alexandrov (39). Now he used his real name:
– Good day. My name is Alexei Navalny. I’m calling you because I want to know why you wanted to kill me.
Aleksandrov did not reply. But he kept the line open while Navalny asked him several questions. Everything was met with silence.
After a couple of failed attempts, Navalny got a full flap. Chemistry expert and FSB agent Konstantin Kudrjavtsev turned five years old.
The “assistant security chief” received answers to his questions. The conversation lasted 49 minutes.
Confirmed name
Kudryavtsev did not hide the fact that he belonged to the group of agents that was going to kill Navalny, writes Der Spiegel.
He also confirmed the names of two of the officers who were allegedly in Siberia, where the poison attack took place.
Der Spiegel, The Insider and Bellingcat have received the phone call from Navalny. Here the information they have previously provided is confirmed. Bellingcat writes that they have reviewed the information provided by the FSB agent and have verified it thoroughly.
“We have been able to confirm this information, which supports the credibility and likelihood of this confession,” Bellingcat wrote.
The attack must have been planned for a long time. At least eight officers belonged to the FSB group working on the assignment.
The agent describes how they worked to clean Navlny’s clothes of poison so he wouldn’t be discovered. The mission failed, that is, Navalny survived, supposedly due to the urgency of, among others, German doctors.
The decision on the attack must have been made at the highest level in Russia, say Der Spiegel, Bellingcat, The Insider and CNN. They believe it appears in the investigation they published on December 14.
