A Russian Opposition Leader was Poisoned with a Nerve Agent. What Really Happened?
Summary
Alexey Navalny fell ill on a flight from Siberia to Moscow on 20 August. The plane made an emergency landing in Omsk, Russia. He was rushed to a hospital in Berlin, where he was stabilized.
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Doctors say that he was poisoned with a nerve agent.
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Navalny is a politician, blogger, and staunch critic of the Putin regime. Most recently, he was outspoken about the illegitimacy of the Belarusian election.
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Foreign leaders have expressed outrage about the incident.
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Highlights incident as a human rights issue
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Says that Navalny was poisoned “without a shadow of a doubt”
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Uses language like “allegedly” poisoned
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Generally uses language that is more sympathetic to Russia and which casts doubt on the Kremlin’s role in the incident.
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© Evelyn Torsher, 2020
