Dec 22, 2020 13:26:00

Putin's political enemy, who is about to be poisoned, succeeds in getting a spy confession that he 'poisoned his pants'

Russia's opposition leader

Alexei Navalny , known for his pursuit of corruption in Russia and criticism of President Vladimir Putin, came into contact with operatives under the guise of an official and addressed himself in August 2020. Announced that it succeeded in uncovering the method of the attempted assassination of .

Navalny Says Russian Agent Confessed to Plot to Poison Him --The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/world/europe/russia-navalny-poisoning-putin.html

Alexey Navalny dupes Russian spy into revealing how he was poisoned --CNN
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/21/europe/russia-navalny-poisoning-underpants-ward/index.html

The attempted assassination of Mr. Navalny, the leader of the dissident, occurred in August 2020. Navalny, who suddenly became ill on a domestic flight over Russia, was taken to a hospital in Omsk where the plane made an emergency landing and survived. A German medical institution to which Mr. Navalny was then transported concluded that 'the Russian nerve agent Novichok was used for poisoning.'

by Ilya Isaev

Mr. Navalny was at risk of life at one point, but after that he recovered to a state where he could stand up. Conducted an original survey while receiving medical treatment at a German hospital. Using the telephone number of the Federal Security Service (FSB) headquarters, he disguised himself as a senior FSB official and contacted FSB operatives.

When Mr. Navalny, who thought that Novichok had been applied to his clothes, asked, 'Which clothes did you poison? What is the most dangerous clothes?', The operative simply answered 'pants.' To Mr. Navalny, who pursued further details, the operative explained, 'I applied poison along the seams of the crotch inside the underwear.' Novichok was initially thought to have been mixed into Mr. Navalny's beverage, but according to poison experts, it is possible to apply granular Novichok to clothing and allow it to be absorbed by the subject percutaneously. ..

Navalny's research team identified the operatives Navalny had contacted with Constantine Kudryavtsev, who was part of the FSB's elite poison team. In a phone call, Kudryavtsev said he had not poisoned his underwear, but went to Omsk twice to retrieve Navalny's clothes and obliterate the evidence.

Meanwhile, the FSB issued a statement through Russian news agency RIA Novosti claiming that 'Mr. Navalny's investigation report is a forgery and a provocation designed to undermine the FSB's credibility.'

The Kremlin has denied Putin's involvement in the attempted assassination of Mr. Navalny, but Mr. Navalny told CNN that 'this investigation reveals that Putin is behind the case. I said.

The New York Times also commented on Navalny's testimony movie on YouTube: 'The movie was played 7 million times in just a few hours, shocking Russian Internet users. This shocked Russia. It's the latest episode of the power and professional work of Alexei Navalny, in contrast to the news of a large-scale cyberattack in the United States by Russian hackers. '