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After his poisoning, Kremlin critic Alexej Navalny blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin (67) for the crime in an interview with “Spiegel.” “I affirm that Putin is behind the crime and I have no other versions of the crime,” he told the news magazine.
As the “Spiegel” announced on Thursday, the 44-year-old announced the day before during an editorial visit to Berlin that he would return to Russia. “My job now is to stay the fearless type. And I’m not afraid! “
“You don’t feel pain, but you know you are dying”
The Russian government denies that there was poisoning and speaks of provocation and staging. The most prominent opponent of the Kremlin chief Putin is said to have been poisoned with the Novichok group’s neurotoxin. The agent of war is outlawed under the international ban on chemical weapons.
Russian intelligence officials and members of the government repeatedly emphasized that all supplies of the deadly poison developed during the Soviet era had been destroyed. Regarding the August 20 attack, Navalny said: “You don’t feel pain, but you know you are going to die.”
Navalny only goes out with bodyguards
Following his discharge from the Charité Clinic in Berlin, the politician is now undergoing rehabilitation measures to regain strength. Navalny, who is accompanied “round the clock” by bodyguards according to “Spiegel’s” presentation, had spoken repeatedly on social media in recent days.
The case has once again significantly exacerbated tensions in relations between Germany and Russia. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU), who had also visited Navalny at the clinic, asked Russia to investigate the crime. Moscow, however, demands proof of poisoning and refuses to investigate the criminal case until then.
Navalny collapsed on August 20 during a domestic flight in Russia and was later taken to Germany for treatment. He lay there in an artificial coma for weeks. According to the findings of a special laboratory of the Bundeswehr, he was poisoned with the war agent of the Novitschok group. Laboratories in France and Sweden are also said to have confirmed this. The results of the investigation by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) are eagerly awaited. After that, Russia is threatened with new sanctions. (cat / SDA)
