Have you with us midday here in moscow this is. A russian judge has dismissed the case looking into allegations that russian or thirtys to investigate claims alexina valmy was poisoned legal action was initiated by the opposition figures Corruption Foundation of on the remains in a coma and. Quarter reports. Where the complaint that alex say no vollies legal team filed against their russian government was just rejected i was filed after their request for a criminal investigation into the alleged poisoning of alex st of all me was left on and certain legal teams lawyer just said that the that the case should have been handled by the investigative committees head office instead of being handed down to the Regional Bureau wherein a volley fell seriously ill so the lawyer also announced he will be appealing the courts decision with moscows top court now the police are still engaged in in a long investigation trying to find out what exactly happened there its part of their preliminary inves
Good afternoon thanks for joining us here on r. T. International. A russian judge has dismissed the case looking into allegations that russian authorities failed to investigate claims alexina valmy was poisoned the legal action was initiated by the opposition figures and Corruption Foundation of on the remains in a coma in berlin quarter. Well right behind me is the court where the complaint that aleksei of all these legal team filed against the russian government was just rejected the complaint was filed after their request for a criminal investigation into the alleged poisoning of the Opposition Leader was left on answer now the teams lawyer says that the investigative committees head office should have dealt with the case instead of handing it down to the Regional Bureau in western siberia where the Opposition Leader was allegedly poisoned so the lawyer says he will be appealing this ruling with moscows top court the police are still engaged in an extensive investigation to find out
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