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Russia: authorities initiate investigations against Navalny confidants

2020-12-25T09:25:57.460Z


Russian authorities apparently accuse Kremlin critic Lyubov Sobol of crimes against a suspected FSB agent. There was no trace of the woman on Friday morning.


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Activist Lyubov Sobol: already arrested?

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After Alexei Navalny called one of his alleged assassins, the Russian authorities have launched criminal investigations against a confidante of the Kremlin critic.

As Navalny's colleague Ivan Zhdanov announced on Twitter on Friday, Lyubov Sobol is accused of trespassing and threats of violence.

On Monday she tried to visit the alleged FSB agent in his apartment, who had admitted in the phone call to have been involved in the poison attack on Navalny.

She was then arrested, but released after a few hours in police custody.

According to Nawalny, the apartment of the 33-year-old and her family was searched on Friday morning.

There was no trace of herself, her cell phone was switched off.

Navalny suspected that she was arrested again, reports the AFP news agency.

Kremlin rejects involvement in attack

In the 45-minute phone call published by Navalny on Monday, in which the 44-year-old pretended to be a representative of the Russian Security Council, the alleged FSB agent Konstantin Kudryavtsev admitted the attack.

In the recording, Kudryavzew reported that the poison was attached to the inside of Navalny's panties.

Navalny collapsed in August during a flight from within Russia.

Two days later he was brought to the Charité University Hospital in Berlin, lying in a coma.

According to three European laboratories, the results of which have been confirmed by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Navalny was poisoned with a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok group.

The substances inhibit the enzyme "acetylcholinesterase", which is important for the normal functioning of the nervous system of humans, vertebrates and insects.

The Kremlin denies any involvement in the attack.

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Source: spiegel

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