arrested back when he returned to russia after treatment for that novichock poisoning when he returned to russia back injanuary 2021, and then he was put behind bars. of course, today the expectation is that the sentence will be very much extended after this guilty verdict. back to the warning from the white house that russia may also resort to cyber attacks against the us in response to increasingly damaging sanctions. joe, how is the us able to detect this? how easy is it to get a heads up that this is likely to happen? get a heads up that this is likely tohauen? , , get a heads up that this is likely tohauen? , to happen? well, i suppose they are lookin: at to happen? well, i suppose they are looking at previous to happen? well, i suppose they are looking at previous incidents, - to happen? well, i suppose they are looking at previous incidents, and i looking at previous incidents, and these warnings are not new, but it is important that it has come from the president himself. th
extremist organisation and that has meant that many people who were involved, many of his key allies have left the country because they were scared for their own safety. that was exacerbated by the fact that in 2020 alexei navalny himself was poisoned by novichock on a flight and the russian authorities have always denied they were involved in that, but that is not necessarily how it is perceived by others here. the charges were against fraud, he was charged with taking money from the foundation that had been given to it, and also for contempt of court. the charges are being perceived around the world as being a political case, rather than being a case about embezzlement. that is how alexei navalny has also talked about it. for example, the foreign secretary in america has said these charges were dubious. the german chancellor has said they were incompatible with the rule of law. alexei navalny was
a mine in chernihiv. has mother didn t survive. he is left with a broken leg, brain injury and sleepless nights, holding his beloved guitar tight. as his fellow ukrainians hold out against a brutal russian onslaught, now into its second month. joining me now is professor mary kaldor, director of the conflict research programme at the london school of economics. thank you very much forjoining us. how great do you believe the threat is that president putin will resort to chemical weapons of some sort? well, he has already used chemical weapons. he used novichock in salisbury, and he used it against his opposition. he doesn t actually have much because he is a signatory to the chemical weapons invention. let me halt you there, we need to go
to his murder, the travel record shows that sukharev tailed nemtsov on 13 round trips across russia. phone and travel records link agent valery sukharev to at least two apparent assassination attempts, both aimed at other prominent creditics of vladimir putin. the most well known is opposition leader alexei navalny, who was posened with the nerve agent novichock in 2020. it isn t clear why boris nemtsov s killers chose bullets instead of poison, or if the two assassination squads are linked. boris nemtsov was the most effective, the most prominent and most powerful political opponent of vladimir putin s regime, full stop, and they could not have silenced him any other way. we put these findings to the russian government and to the fsb. the kremlin denied any involvement and said this story was a fabrication. the fsb did not respond.
leader alexei navalny, who was posened with the nerve agent novichock in 2020. it isn t clear why boris nemtsov s killers chose bullets instead of poison, or if the two assassination squads are linked. boris nemtsov was the most effective, the most prominent and most powerful political opponent of vladimir putin s regime, full stop, and they could not have silenced him any other way. we put these findings to the russian government and to the fsb. the kremlin denied any involvement and said this story was a fabrication. the fsb did not respond. for many russians, the killing of boris nemtsov was a glimpse behind the mask of a murderous state. seven years later, russia is engaged in an all out war in ukraine. and the mask is off. gabriel gatehouse, bbc news.