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“Two independent laboratories, in France and Sweden, and the German Special Defense Laboratory have confirmed the novitiate inside and outside my body,” wrote the critic of the regime on his blog.
Navalny goes on to say that he expects nothing but explanations from the Russian side, but that he wants at least his clothes back. They are “very important evidence”, and the politician demands that they be “carefully packed in a bag and shipped to me.”
“Completely naked”
The opposition leader fell ill during a flight between Siberian Tomsk and Moscow on August 20. The plane made an emergency landing and was transferred to a hospital in the city of Omsk, where the clothes with which it was traveling were taken care of. According to his blog post, he was handed over “completely naked” to the German ambulance which then took him to Berlin, where he is now being treated.
The Russian health authorities respond, however, that the Omsk hospital has no clothes left.
“Investigating authorities confiscated the clothes as part of a preliminary investigation when Navalny was in Omsk,” it is said according to regional authorities, writes the Interfax news agency.
And Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, is dismissive.
– With all due respect, we do not take care of the clothes. This is not our area, he responds according to Interfax when asked by Russian media to comment on Navalny’s demands.
According to Peskov, it is rather Navalny employees who are blocking the investigation, as they have taken material from, among other places, their hotel rooms abroad.
Russia rejects all suspicions
According to Western Labs, Navalny was poisoned by a nerve agent, probably from a bottle of water in his hotel room before the flight. The poison is known from previous cases in which Russian intelligence agencies are accused of involvement.
Russia rejects all suspicions, questioning whether Navalny was poisoned.
