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Russian police chief says no grounds for now to suspect crime in Navalny case - Ifax

04 September 2020 - 14:50 By Reuters
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Alexei Navalny.
Alexei Navalny.
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Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev said on Friday he saw no grounds for now to suspect a crime was committed in the case of opposition politician Alexei Navalny, the Interfax news agency reported.

Germany, where Navalny is in a coma in hospital, says he was poisoned with a Soviet-style Novichok nerve agent and wants the culprits held to account. Russia has not opened a criminal case for now and says there is no solid evidence yet of a crime. 

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