Navalny "Russian Authorities Refuse to Investigate Suspects Involved in Poisoning Attempt"

[Asia Economy Reporter Sung Kiho] Alexei Navalny announced on the 14th (local time) that his lawsuit against Russian intelligence officers involved in an assassination attempt on him was dismissed. Navalny, a 'political rival' of Russian President Vladimir Putin, survived a poison attack and is undergoing rehabilitation treatment in Germany.

Navalny shared this by posting a copy of a notification sent by the Federal Investigative Committee, which is responsible for investigating serious crimes, in response to his lawsuit on his blog that day.

Previously, in December last year, Navalny had filed a lawsuit with the Federal Investigative Committee requesting an investigation into the Federal Security Service (FSB) officers involved in the assassination attempt on him.

Earlier, US media reported that, based on a joint investigation with the UK investigative journalism outlet Bellingcat and Germany's Der Spiegel in mid-December, they identified the identities of FSB special agents believed to have been involved in the assassination attempt on Navalny in August last year.

They reported that at least eight intelligence officers, confirmed to be part of a team, likely followed Navalny and attempted to poison him.

Subsequently, Navalny claimed to have secured evidence of the assassination attempt by calling an FSB poison team agent who had disguised himself as a high-ranking official to attempt his assassination.

In August last year, while traveling on a domestic flight from Tomsk, Siberia to Moscow, Navalny suddenly showed symptoms of poisoning on board, lost consciousness, and fell into a coma. He was transferred to a German hospital three days later, received treatment, regained consciousness, and has been staying there for rehabilitation treatment even after discharge.

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