Putin was behind my poisoning: Navalny tells German magazine
Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny has told a German magazine that Russian President Vladimir Putin was behind his suspected poisoning in late August and claimed that he was not afraid.
The prominent Russian politician was flown from Russia to
Berlin in August after falling ill on a domestic flight. He received treatment
in the Charite hospital for what Germany said was poisoning by a potentially
deadly nerve agent before being discharged in September.
“I claim that Putin is behind the crime and I don’t have any
other versions of what happened,” Navalny told Der Spiegel, according to an
extract of an interview due to be published later on Thursday.
The West has demanded an explanation from the Kremlin, which
has denied any involvement in the incident and said it has yet to see evidence
of a crime.
“You don’t feel any pain but you know you’re dying,” Navalny
said of the moment that the nerve agent began to take effect on him.
Navalny told Der Spiegel he would return to Russia, adding:
“My task is now to remain fearless. And I have no fear!”
A political activist who helped bring Navalny to Germany
said on September 24 it would take the Russian opposition leader at least
another month to regain fitness, adding it was clear he planned to return to
Russia and resume political activity.
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