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Alexei Navalny: Merkel calls poisoning of Putin critic attempted murder

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Berlin, Germany - Testing by a German military lab determined that Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok.

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Published: Wed 2 Sep 2020, 7:54 PM

Last updated: Wed 2 Sep 2020, 10:10 PM

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was the victim of an "attempted murder by poisoning" and the aim was to silence him.
Testing by a German military lab determined that Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok.
After that finding was announced Wednesday, Merkel said there are "very serious questions that only the Russian government can answer and must answer."
Navalny is one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's fiercest critics.
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