’Russian agents’ named in Alexei Navalny poisoning case

Russian intelligence agents have been blamed for the poisoning of top Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny according to a joint investigation published on Monday. Nerve agent Novichok was used to poison Navalny, a critic of Vladimir Putin, back in August. Mr Putin has been accused by Navalny for the attack but this has been denied by the Kremlin.

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I gather it is safe to assume medical doctors do not take the hippocratic oath in Russia - or if they do they have their fingers crossed at the same time.

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