Published 17:46 IST, September 17th 2020
Navalny was poisoned in hotel room and not at airport, claims his team
Navalny's team said that the politician was poisoned at his hotel room in the Siberian city of Tomsk and not at the airport as suspected earlier.
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Traces of vichok chemical nt that was allegedly used to poison Russian opposition leer Alexei Navalny has been found on water bottles from hotel room where he stayed before leaving for airport on August 20. 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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team informed that y collected everything y could from hotel room on day he fell sick and sent it to Germany for investigation. Garman laboratory found traces of vichok nt on bottles collected from Navalny's room. Three more laboratories that took tests from Navalny confirmed that he was poisoned by vichok. team posted a video on Instagram where y can be seen inspecting room and packing things could have been used in poisoning Navalny.
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"This is a bottle from a room in a Tomsk hotel where Navalny himself and our entire film crew stayed. re was particular hope of finding anything like that. But since it was absolutely clear to us that Navalny was t 'slightly ill,' t 'overheated,' and Rafaelka could t help here, it was decided to take everything that could be hypotically useful in some way and hand it over to doctors in Germany. fact that case would t be investigated in Russia was also quite obvious," Navalny's team said on Instagram.
Navalny's poisoning
Alexei Navalny, a staunch critic of Russian President Vlimir Putin, fell sick under mysterious circumstances on a flight back to Moscow from Siberia on Aug 20. He was rushed to a hospital in Siberian city of Omsk after plane me an emergency landing. Navalny was put into an artificial coma and was moved to Germany after much debate over his transfer. Navalny h remained in an induced coma until September 7 when doctors treating him informed that his condition has improved.
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Doctors in Russia h denied any poison traces in Navalny's blood but when he reached Germany it was confirmed that he was poisoned. Russia has dismissed allegations of a state-sponsored attack on Navalny and has demanded more evidence in order to start a criminal investigation into case.
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17:47 IST, September 17th 2020