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September 18, 2020

Aides of Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny Say Banned Nerve Agent Found on Hotel Water Bottle
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In Russia, aides to opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Thursday that
German scientists discovered traces of the banned nerve agent Novichok
on a water bottle in the Siberian hotel room where Navalny stayed before
falling ill aboard a flight to Moscow last month. Navalny is a vocal
critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He survived the apparent
poisoning and was airlifted to a hospital in Germany, where he's
recovering after coming out of an induced coma.


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