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What is novichok? The Soviet nerve agent used to poison Alexei Navalny

Alexander Litvinenko

For about 49 minutes Konstantin Kudryavtsev, a member of a suspected FSB squad that poisoned Alexei Navalny, thought he was talking to an official on Russia’s national security council.

The man on the phone was demanding answers about the failed attempt to kill President Putin’s most prominent critic in August 2020.

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