December 2020

Russian security guard tricked into revealing Navalny poisoning plot

On: December 21, 2020

One of the Russian agents who tracked opposition leader Alexei Navalny before his poisoning with the nerve agent Novichok in August was tricked into revealing how the botched operation was carried out in a 49-minute phone call with Navalny himself, CNN and Bellingcat report. Why is this important: Russian PresidentRead More →

Tomsk lawmakers call for investigation into Navalny poisoning

By: Ellen W. Larrabee

On: December 18, 2020

In: Tomsk city

TOMSK, Russia — Seven local lawmakers in the Siberian city of Tomsk have asked Russia’s Investigative Committee to launch an investigation into the August nerve agent poisoning of Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny. City lawmakers said in a formal letter to the investigating committee that they were concerned about theRead More →