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Navalny Ally Says Poisoning ‘New Chapter’ In Kremlin Crackdown

RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER NAVALNY IN COMA...REPORTEDLY POISONED
Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition leader, is pictured on a street after zelenka attack (cleaning chemical) in Moscow 2017
Image by Evgeny Feldman

Alexei Navalny’s top ally said Thursday that the Russian opposition leader’s poisoning opened a “new chapter” in a crackdown on dissent and accused the Kremlin of seeking to avoid responsibility for the attack.

Allies like Ivan Zhdanov put the blame for the 44-year-old Navalny’s poisoning with a Novichok nerve agent squarely on President Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin, saying the latest alleged assassination attempt on a dissident was a new low.

While Kremlin critics have for years accused Russian authorities of targeting their enemies at home and abroad, this is the first time a banned warfare agent was used against a top opposition leader on Russian soil, Zhdanov said…

To read more visit The Moscow Times.

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