London, Autumn 1978, a bus stop next to Waterloo Bridge. A man hits fortuitously with his umbrella to another waiting in line. He apologizes and disappears; has a foreign accent. The other catches his bus and goes to work in the BBC Foreign Service, but he feels a burning spot where the tip of the … Read more
The imprisoned Kremlin opponent Alexei Navalny attacks President Putin with an explosive film. He still doesn’t mention his name. Of Inna Hartwich Of Russia president Vladimir Putin has found many names for Alexei Navalny over the years. Sometimes this is a “simple blogger”, then “a well-known accused” or “the Berlin patient”. The 68-year-old never says … Read more
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was released from a Berlin hospital on Tuesday. With reference to the doctors of the Charité clinic, the DPA agency informed about it. According to doctors, it is possible that Navalnyj will recover completely after poisoning with a paralytic substance from the group of novices. Whether it will have any … Read more
“Let us explain where the so-called ‘newcomer bottle’ came from, and we are constantly being asked about it. More precisely, it was an ordinary plastic bottle of water, on which they then found traces of combat poisoning substance in a German laboratory. It’s a bottle from the room at the Xander Hotel in Tom, where … Read more
According to government spokesman Steffen Seibert, Germany has asked France and Sweden, as other European partners, to independently examine the German evidence. “The results of this review by special laboratories in France and Sweden are now here and confirm the German evidence,” said Seibert. Earlier, a German military laboratory confirmed the presence of a novelty … Read more
In Sunday’s vote, the Russians decided on the composition of a number of regional parliaments and city councils, as well as elections for some governors and by-elections to the State Duma, the lower house of parliament. Preliminary results of Sunday’s vote show that politicians, backed by President Vladimir Putin, are heading for a clear victory … Read more
The poison is even “harder” than the current form, according to Spiegel, the head of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) Bruno Kahl said at a secret meeting last week. The composition of the toxic substance is the most important indication for the German government, indicating that Russian President Vladimir Putin may have been involved in … Read more