Alexei Navalny poisoned with Soviet-era Novichok, German officials confirm
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny addresses demonstrators during a rally in support of independent candidates for elections to Moscow City Duma, the capital’s regional parliament, in Moscow, Russia, on July 20, 2019.
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