Hello and welcome to bbc news. There is unequivocal proof that the russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a novichok nerve agent. Thats the finding of the German Government which says mr navalny was the victim of attempted murder and the world was looking to russia for answers. Mr navalny was airlifted to berlin in a coma after falling ill on a flight last month. His team says he was poisoned on the orders of president putin but the kremlin denies the allegation. Novichok was used to poison the former russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the uk in 2018. Our security correspondent Gordon Corera reports. Alexei navalny has been the most prominent opposition figure in russia, campaigning against corruption. A thorn in the kremlins side, hes been arrested and had his offices raided. But soon after being pictured drinking tea at a siberian airport in august, he fell suddenly and violently ill on a flight to moscow. Russian doctors said there was no sign of
Of forthcoming attractions. Or around the world. And stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. There is unequivocal proof, that the russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, was poisoned with a novichok nerve agent. Thats the finding of the German Government which says mr navalny was the victim of attempted murder, and the world was looking to russia for answers. Mr navalny was airlifted to berlin in a coma, afterfalling ill on a flight last month. His team says he was poisoned on the orders of president putin, but the kremlin denies the allegation. Novichok was used to poison the former russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the uk in 2018. Our security correspondent Gordon Corera reports. Alexei navalny has been the most prominent opposition figure in russia, campaigning against corruption. And had his offices raided. But soon after being pictured drinking tea at a siberian airport in august, he fell suddenly and violently ill on a flig