Kremlin accuses Navalny of working with CIA; Putin's critic to sue govt spokesperson

Kremlin accused Russian opposition leer Alexei Navalny of working with Central Intelligence ncy, a foreign intelligence service of US, soon after Navalny held Putin’s responsible for suspected poisoning. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters that “specialists” of CIA are working with Navalny as Russian leer continues with his recovery process in Germany.

“It’s t patient working with Western intelligence, it’s Western intelligence working with him. That would be more accurate,” said Peskov.

accusation from Peskov is apparently first time when Russian authorities have accused anti-corruption campaigner of working with a foreign intelligence ncy. Navalny said he would sue Kremlin spokesperson and demand publication of evidence and facts indicating that he works with “CIA specialists.”

“You kw that I rarely sue propagandists, even though y lie about me all day long. However, here is a direct statement from a government official. refore, firstly, I am filing a lawsuit against Peskov,” wrote Navalny in his blog.

German health authorities h confirmed poisoning of Navalny with a nerve nt from vichok group, citing toxicological test results. Later, specialist laboratories in France and Sweden also confirmed poisoning with Soviet-style nerve nt vichok. Navalny's team said that politician was poisoned at his hotel room in Siberian city of Tomsk and t at airport as suspected earlier. 

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International demand for response

Meanwhile, leers of US Senate Foreign Relations Committee have requested President Donald Trump to consider wher Russian government poisoned opposition leer Alexei Navalny with a chemical nerve nt, which would be subject to sanctions. letter by US Senators Jim Risch and Bob Menendez followed a similar request from leers of House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on September 8 amid growing international demand for an appropriate response to Navalny’s poisoning.

“We are very concerned by assessments that Russian anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny was poisoned in August 2020, by a chemical nerve nt from vichok family,” members wrote.

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