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Less than six weeks after Alexei Navalny was poisoned, everything indicates that he was poisoned in a hotel in Tomsk, Siberia. SRF manages to take pictures in the hotel room where Navalny stayed and in which he was poisoned. The hotel management does not comment to the media.
The neurotoxin did not begin to act in the hotel, but during the flight back to Moscow. When Navalny was taken to the hospital after the plane made an emergency landing, his press officer informed staff that he was still at the hotel. They called attorney Anton Timofejew for help and together they obtained evidence in Navalny’s hotel room that it had not been cleaned at the time.
We did not think for a moment in what danger we were.
Guards in front of the hotel room.
In an interview with SRF, Anton Timofejew describes how the water bottles were collected from Navalny’s room: “We did not think for a moment about the danger we were in. Not a second. “Later, experts from a German laboratory found traces of a Russian neurotoxin in one of the water bottles. If the employees had not packed the bottles in the room, the nerve agent ‘Novitschok’ would not have been tested. .
What the lawyer witnessed at the hotel made him doubt an independent investigation: “Later, men from the special unit ‘Rosgwardja’ stood in front of the door. No trace employees, which would be necessary in such a case. But men with assault rifles who were called to guard the room at the scene and who no longer let anyone in. “
Partial success of the opposition
Navalny had traveled to Tomsk in general to investigate corruption among the city authorities and to support his employees in the election campaign. Including Ksenia Fadejewa, 28. Elections to the city parliament were held just under three weeks after the poisoning.
Ksenia Fadejewa won against Putin’s party “United Russia”: “What changed after the poisoning was that many watched our video on corruption in Tomsk and heard from us. This can also be seen in the election results, ”says Tomsk’s wife a week after her victory.
The Tomsk City Parliament became the first parliament in Russia in which Navalny employees were able to secure a seat. The biggest victory for the opposition lies in the new majority in parliament. 32 of the 37 seats went to the United Russia party before the elections. Putin’s party has had 11 seats since mid-September.
Absolute claim to power
Even 3,000 kilometers from Moscow, competition is tolerated only on paper. The Kremlin wants bottom-up control of the state. This is also evident in the ongoing investigation into the poisoning. The investigation is officially carried out by a local police station, which generally deals with petty crimes such as theft of luggage.
This raises questions for Ksenja Fadejewa: “When the young woman from the transport police conducted the interrogation, I asked her: Why is this your case? That’s not your area of responsibility, is it? He said he didn’t know, a senior manager had brought the case to him. “
Tomsk authorities reject interviews with SRF. On the ground, the impression is growing that the Kremlin is not really interested in solving the case.
