U.S. authorities investigated a Russian opposition activist’s two near-fatal illnesses as “intentional” poisonings, according to newly obtained government records that also show U.S. doctors and scientists mulled the possibility that he was targeted with a biotoxin or a radioactive substance.
RFE/RL: New FBI records, new clues to Kremlin critic’s sudden illnesses
Vladimir Kara-Murza, chairman of the Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom, testifies during a Commission On Security And Cooperation hearing to discuss the legacy of and justice for for slain Russian political opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, on Capitol Hill, February 28, 2018 in Washington, DC. A portion of Wisconsin Avenue across the street from the Russian Embassy in Washington has been renamed 'Boris Nemtsov Plaza,' in honor of the late Russian opposition leader and outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Nemstov was shot and killed in Moscow in February 2015.
