The German government said that toxicology tests showed the Russian opposition leader was poisoned with a nerve agent from the same class used in a 2018 attack in Britain on an ex-Soviet spy.
Tag: Assassinations and Attempted Assassinations
For Putin’s Kremlin, Aleksei Navalny Is a Threat It Cannot Speak Of
President Vladimir V. Putin has never publicly mentioned the opposition leader’s name in 20 years of speeches and interviews. Why? He is “completely out of their control,” which is intolerable, one analyst says.
Russia Rejects Calls for Investigation of Navalny Poisoning
The Kremlin’s spokesman said there was no need to investigate because it had not yet been proven that the opposition leader was poisoned.
With Delay in Afghan Peace Talks, a Creeping Sense of ‘Siege’ Around Kabul
Instead of mass-casualty attacks, the Taliban are carrying out targeted assaults in the capital and neighboring districts. The country’s security forces seem unable to control them.
Aleksei Navalny Arrives in Germany for Potential Poisoning Treatment
His sudden, unexplained illness comes amid political uprisings in Russia’s Far East, and just weeks before municipal elections take place across the country.
Aleksei Navalny, Critic of Putin, Is Being Flown to Germany After Day of Delays
Mr. Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, was put on a plane in Siberia early Saturday. His departure was delayed for hours, even though German doctors said it was safe for him to travel.
Aleksei Navalny Hospitalized in Russia in Suspected Poisoning
The prominent opposition leader was reported to be in serious but stable condition in intensive care in Siberia after his flight to Moscow was forced to make an emergency landing.
Hezbollah Member Convicted in Hariri Assassination
After a long and involved investigation, a U.N.-backed tribunal emerged with only a single conviction, of a minor Hezbollah figure, in the 2005 bombing that killed the former prime minister of Lebanon.
As Lebanon Reels, Long-Awaited Hariri Assassination Verdicts Loom
A U.N.-backed court will soon pronounce verdicts in a 15-year-old bombing in Beirut that roiled the Middle East. But critics say the court’s protracted deliberations and huge expense have undermined its original purpose.
Former Saudi Official Accuses the Crown Prince of Trying to Kill Him
Saad Aljabri, a former top intelligence official, filed suit in Washington alleging that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent a team of agents to Canada to kill him.