Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition leader, has released a detailed account of his alleged poisoning attempt, which he claims was orchestrated by the Russian government. He presents evidence of an elaborate conspiracy involving the FSB (Federal Security Service), the Russian equivalent of the CIA, and other agencies.
Navalny alleges that the FSB officers who had been following him for four years were involved in the plot. He claims that President Putin confirmed the involvement of the FSB officers but denied the existence of a poisoning attempt, instead suggesting it was a fabricated story by the CIA.
Navalny's team released a series of investigations, including one by Belingcat, The Insider, CNN, El Pais, and Der Spiegel. After the release, they received a call from Konstantin Borisovich Kudryavtsev, a military chemist from the Institute of Forensic Science of the FSB, who admitted to the attempted poisoning.
Kudryavtsev provided a detailed account of the operation, including the failure of the poisoning attempt due to the quick landing of the plane carrying Navalny. He also discussed the treatment of Navalny's clothes, which were treated multiple times to ensure no traces of the poison remained.
Navalny's team also revealed that they have the phone numbers of the alleged assassins and a list of numbers they used to communicate. They used a program to hide their own number and substitute it with the assassins' number to intercept their conversations.
Navalny concludes by thanking the pilots and doctors who provided him with first aid, stating that they are the true heroes of Russia. He encourages the Russian citizens to ask Putin about the lack of investigation into the alleged poisoning attempt.
1. Navalny released an investigation about his poisoning story a week prior, which became a worldwide sensation and garnered 17 million views on his YouTube channel.
2. The evidence presented by Navalny was so convincing that even President Putin could not deny it, confirming that the eight individuals who had been following Navalny for almost 4 years were FSB officers.
3. Putin started talking nonsense about how there was no investigation, and all this is “legalized information by the CIA,” the FSB officers were just looking after Navalny, and the most important proof that there was no poisoning is that Navalny is alive.
4. Putin's words were confirmed and concretized by the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, who told reporters that the FSB was "looking after" Navalny.
5. The Kremlin and Putin later answered Navalny, stating that the CIA is behind everything, there were FSB officers, but they were just keeping an eye on Navalny, and if they wanted to kill Navalny, they would have done so.
6. Navalny and his team were able to gather evidence to expose the FSB officers involved in the poisoning plot, including Konstantin Borisovich Kudryavtsev, a military chemist from the Institute of Forensic Science of the FSB.
7. Kudryavtsev confessed to Navalny over a phone call, providing detailed information about the plot, including the fact that the operation took place in Tomsk, not Omsk as initially planned.
8. Kudryavtsev also revealed that the poison was applied to Navalny's underpants, specifically the inner seams, which absorbed the poison quickly and left no traces.
9. Navalny survived the poisoning attempt due to quick medical intervention, which included the application of an antidote and hospital treatment.
10. Navalny expressed gratitude to the pilots and doctors who provided him with first aid, stating that they are the pride of Russia, not the Tayakins, Putins, and Kudryavtsevs.