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The statement from world leaders says Mr Navalny s poisoning is another grave blow against democracy in Russia
The UN human rights chief this week said a pattern of poisonings of Russian citizens was profoundly disturbing
Medical officials in Germany say Mr Navalny may suffer long-term consequences from the severe poisoning
Australia, along with Germany, the US, UK, Italy, France, Japan and the European Union, said in a statement they were united in condemning the poisoning of Mr Navalny with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok, the use of which was confirmed by German medical experts. Any use of chemical weapons, anywhere, anytime, by anybody, under any circumstances whatsoever, is unacceptable and contravenes the international norms prohibiting the use of such weapons, the statement said.
In a Wednesday op-ed for the Washington Post, two members of the Atlantic Council described being emailed by someone impersonating Leonid Volkov, the chief of staff to imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
Melinda Haring, the deputy director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center. and Damon Wilson, the Washington foriegn policy think tank’s executive vice president, described nearly being convinced by a suspected Russian prankster impersonating Volkov.
“The email was well-written and sympathetic,” the pair wrote in the op-ed published Wednesday. “It praised our work and requested an on-camera meeting with the top three executives at our organization, one of Washington’s leading think tanks. But the message was fake. The people who sent it were trying to lure us into a potentially sensitive or even embarrassing online conversation.”
Notorious Russian Pranksters Foiled in Latest Hoax Navalny Aide April 9, 2021 Leonid Volkov. Evgenij Razumnyj / Vedomosti / TASS
A pair of notorious Russian pranksters who regularly target Kremlin opponents and world leaders with prank calls have failed in their latest trick, a senior aide to jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Thursday.
Vovan and Lexus, the moniker used by bloggers Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexei Stolyarov, have made international headlines for duping figures including Prince Harry, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Navalny’s aide Leonid Volkov wrote on social media that the pranksters had tried using his name to organize a conference call with a key European security body.
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