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Russian Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, in the middle, with opposition activist Lyubov Sobol, second from left, during a demonstration in Moscow in February. Stock Photography.
Russian police searched the home of opposition activist Lyubov Sobol and brought her in for questioning, according to people close to Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
They claim that the police operation is likely a response to the fact that Sobol on Monday tried to visit a man in Moscow whom Navalny identified as an agent of the FSB security service. Sobol was detained by police outside the man’s apartment.
The man was involved in the Navalny poisoning in August, the opposition politician’s team claims.
The FSB has dismissed the accusations.
Navalny was poisoned by the Soviet-developed neurotoxin novitjok, according to his German doctors and other experts. Suspicions have risen to the highest level in Russia and the EU has imposed sanctions, among others, on the head of the FSB, Aleksandr Bortnikov.
Moscow has consistently denied its involvement and has responded with counter-sanctions.
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