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Russian President Vladimir Putin sees no reason for his opponent Alexei Navalny to be poisoned. Who is he already? If we had wanted that, we probably would have put an end to it, “the Kremlin chief said at his annual press conference on Thursday.
Putin responded to Nawalny’s accusations that a “assassination squad” of the FSB’s national intelligence service was supposed to poison him. Russia’s most prominent government critic had blamed Putin for the assassination.
US intelligence agencies allegedly assisted Navalny
The opponent had accused several alleged FSB agents by name and photo in a video of attacking him in August with a neurotoxin from the Novitschok group. The chemical warfare agent is banned internationally.
This is material from the US secret services, said former FSB chief Putin. He claimed that US intelligence helped Navalny make the accusations against the Russian agents. However, the Kremlin’s opponent had stated that the telephone connection data and the travel lists of the FSB employees came from files that could be bought on the Russian black market.
Navalny wants to return to Russia
Putin now said that if Navalny had access to those data sets, it would be interesting. So, of course, the secret services have to keep an eye on him. But that doesn’t at all mean you have to poison him, ”he said.
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Navalny collapsed on a domestic flight over Russia in August. After an emergency landing in the Siberian city of Omsk, he was transferred to the Charité in Berlin at the urging of his family. The 44-year-old wants to return to Russia after a rehabilitation measure in Germany.
Putin also said, referring to recent reports on his private life and family, that these were targeted actions by the US intelligence services. “You can’t read that,” he said. (SDA)
