The European Union agreed Monday to impose targeted sanctions against Russian officials and entities allegedly involved in the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny but officials insisted the move should not undercut Europe’s continued high-level contacts with President Vladimir Putin. Foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg backed a Franco-German proposal to impose a travel ban … Read more
AMSTERDAM: Blood samples taken from Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny confirmed the presence of a nerve agent from the banned Novichok family, the global chemical weapons watchdog said on Tuesday. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said in a statement that the biomarkers in his blood and urine had “similar structural characteristics as … Read more
MOSCOW—Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny blamed President Vladimir Putin for his poisoning with a Soviet-era nerve agent and promised to return to Moscow to fight for political change in Russia. The opposition politician, who has accumulated an enormous online following with exposes of Kremlin-linked corruption, said he was poisoned with a new type of Novichok and … Read more
TOMSK, Russia—Shortly after Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny collapsed last month on a plane over Siberia with signs of poisoning, his supporters rushed to the hotel room where he had been staying to look for clues. Instead of calling the police, they said they bagged everything they could find there in the hopes of solving … Read more
BERLIN—Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been discharged from the hospital after being treated for what scientists said was exposure to the military grade nerve agent Novichok, Berlin’s Charité Hospital said Wednesday. He was discharged Tuesday night after 24 days in the intensive-care unit, the hospital said. He had been receiving treatment in the German … Read more
MOSCOW—Supporters of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said a bottle found in the hotel room where he stayed before he fell ill last month was proved to have traces of Novichok, the nerve agent used to poison him, raising questions about the time line of events that led to his collapse. After Mr. Navalny fell ill … Read more
MOSCOW—Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has regained consciousness, is breathing without a ventilator and plans to return to Russia from Germany where he has been undergoing treatment since being poisoned in Siberia last month. In his first statement since falling ill, the Kremlin’s most vocal critic sounded upbeat and defiant. “I still can barely do … Read more
MOSCOW—Candidates loyal to Russian President Vladimir Putin swept regional and local elections over the weekend, demonstrating the Kremlin’s grip on the levers of power despite pockets of support for Alexei Navalny’s opposition movement after an attempt on his life sidelined him last month. Preliminary results published by state news agencies Monday showed broad support for … Read more
MOSCOW—Last year, Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny scored a rare win in his opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin, stirring enough popular discontent with corruption, rising poverty and failing public services to defeat Putin loyalists in the Moscow city election. Now, with Mr. Navalny seriously ill in Germany after an attempt on his life, his movement … Read more
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny with his wife and supporters in Moscow in February. Photo: kirill kudryavtsev/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images BERLIN—Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok, was woken up from a medically induced coma and is responsive, Berlin’s Charité hospital said Monday. Mr. Navalny, who was flown to Berlin … Read more