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A joint investigation published on Monday has blamed Russian intelligence agents for the poisoning of top Russia opposition figure Alexei Navalny.
In August Mr Navalny - a staunch critic of President Vladimir Putin - was poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok.
He has accused Mr Putin of ordering the attack, something the Kremlin denies.
But investigative journalists at Bellingcat and Russian news site The Insider have now published a report implicating FSB agents in the incident.
According to the investigation - compiled with the help of US broadcaster CNN and German paper Der Spiegel - a group of operatives from the Russian state intelligence organisation tailed Mr Navalny for three years.
Report claims Russian hit squad poisoned opposition activist Navalny Investigative website Bellingcat says FSB tracked Navalny since 2017 after he announced plans to stand against Putin
Mon, Dec 14, 2020, 19:19 Updated: Mon, Dec 14, 2020, 19:20 Luke Harding Alexei Navalny: he collapsed on a flight from Tomsk to Moscow. The aircraft made an emergency landing in Omsk, where Mr Navalny was treated in hospital before being taken to Germany. Photograph: EPA
An undercover hit squad working for Russia’s FSB spy agency poisoned the opposition activist Alexei Navalny in August after shadowing him on multiple previous trips, the investigative website Bellingcat has claimed.
Citing “voluminous” telecoms and travel data, Bellingcat reported that the squad had secretly tracked Mr Navalny since 2017. The operation apparently began after he announced p