German military scientists had confirmed earlier in the week “100%” that Alexei Navalny was poisoned by one of the world’s deadliest — and internationally banned — chemical agents, developed by the Soviet Union. (Having fallen ill while he campaigned in Siberia, Navalny had been medevaced to a Berlin hospital.)
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was detained during anti-Putin rally on May 5, 2018, arrives at the courthouse in Moscow on May 15, 2018.