Russia

Alexei Navalny Was Killed With Novichok Nerve Agent, Widow Concludes

COVER-UP

The dissident’s widow cannot access his body but has a theory that his killers were Russian state agents who employed their go-to assassination technique.

Flowers are seen placed around a portrait of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
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The widow of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who died in prison last week, has surmised that the government there is engaged in a coverup to hide evidence of his likely exposure to Novichok, a nerve agent that has become a signature assassination technique for President Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian regime.

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