January 16, 2018 Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny smiles
during an interview with AFP at the office of his Anti-corruption
Foundation (FBK) in Moscow. Mladen ANTONOV / AFP
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has accused
President Vladimir Putin of being behind his poisoning, in his
first interview published since he left the German hospital where
he was treated.
“I assert that Putin is behind this act, I don’t see any other
explanation,” he told the German weekly Der Spiegel, which
published extracts from the interview on its website Thursday.
Navalny collapsed last month while on a flight from Tomsk to
Moscow after a campaign trip to support opposition candidates in
local elections.
Russian doctors who first treated him said their tests did not
find any toxic substances.
The 44-year-old Kremlin critic was evacuated to Berlin on August
22 in a coma and on mechanical ventilation.
Germany said toxicology tests show he was poisoned by the
Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok. France and Sweden have
independently corroborated Germany’s findings.
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The Kremlin has denied allegations of involvement in the
poisoning and accused Western leaders of launching a disinformation
campaign over the opposition leader’s illness.
Vladimir Putin has denied meddling in US elections.
Navalny was finally discharged after a month from Berlin’s
Charite hospital, with doctors saying he could make a full
recovery.
The Kremlin critic has been active on social media since being
brought out of the coma.
Posting a photograph of himself sitting on a Berlin bench,
Navalny said on Instagram last week he was far from fully recovered
and would require rehabilitation.
“The plans are always simple: a physiotherapist every day.
Possibly a rehabilitation centre. Stand on one leg. Take back
control of my fingers completely. Maintain balance,” he wrote.
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