France : Envoyé spécial:Tentative d’empoisonnement de Navalny quand un opposant fait avouer le FSB

Russian telegram channel VChK-Ogpu notes that the press release announcing @navalny ’s death was posted literally 2 minutes after the official time of his death. 16/2/24 ____________________ France 2 TV: Special correspondent: Attempted poisoning of Navalny when an opponent makes the FSB confess Envoyé spécial:Tentative d’empoisonnement de Navalny quand un opposant fait avouer le FSB Quand Alexeï Navalny obtenait les aveux d’un membre du commando chargé de l’empoisonner When Alexei Navalny obtained a confession from a member of the commando in charge of poisoning him _____________________ Cet article date de plus de deux ans. This article is more than two years old Published on 25/02/2021 09:18 Updated on 16/02/2024 14:47 _____________________ It’s a scene worthy of a spy movie, filmed by Alexei Navalny’s team. Vladimir Putin’s number one opponent is about to make the phone call that will make the FSB, the Russian secret service in charge of internal security, ridiculous in the eyes of the whole world... and confound those who tried to assassinate him. An excerpt from “Special Envoy“ of February 25, 2021. Originally published on 25 February 2021 as part of the broadcast of the magazine “Special Envoy“, this excerpt was republished on 16 February 2024, after the announcement of the death of Alexei Navalny, in prison, at the age of 47. “Special Envoy“ reveals the behind-the-scenes of a now-famous sequence. It shows Alexei Navalny surrounded by a young woman from his team and an investigative journalist, Christo Grozev. Vladimir Putin’s number one opponent was then in Germany, where he had just spent 15 days between life and death: a substance similar to Novichok (a poison developed by the Soviet KGB) had been detected in his body by several Western laboratories. The opposition leader accuses President Putin of having ordered his assassination and claims that his poisoning was the work of a commando of the FSB, the Russian secret service in charge of internal security, successor to the KGB. With the help of foreign media such as the investigative website Bellingcat, he conducted his counter-investigation from Germany. And prepared a lightning counterattack. “I know who tried to kill me,“ Navalny said in one of his videos. I have their names and pictures.“ In cooperation with several journalists, he tried to contact each of the agents, one after the other. No answer. Until that early morning phone call to Konstantin Kudriavtsev, the group’s chemist. The Secret Agent Falls Into the Trap The scene, filmed by Navalny’s team, is worthy of a spy movie. On the phone, Navalny himself pretends to be a senior member of the internal security services. He has in mind the information provided by Christo Grozev. In this excerpt from “Special Envoy“, he is about to make the phone call that will make the FSB look ridiculous in the eyes of the whole world. Kudriavtsev was initially suspicious. His alleged superior says he wants to “debrief the operation“ to poison Navalny. Why did it fail? Against all odds, the agent falls into the trap... and utters sentences that no one dared to hope for. “If the flight had lasted longer, if it hadn’t landed in an emergency, it would have ended differently. If the rescue on the track hadn’t intervened so quickly, you see...“ Tasked with cleaning... Poisoned boxer shorts In Germany, around the table, there is astonishment. Navalny got his confession from the very mouth of one of those who tried to assassinate him. How he was poisoned remains to be seen. He comes to understand that Kudriavtsev was in charge of the clean-up: he had to remove the evidence of the poisoning. “’What garment did you focus on for cleaning?’ Where was the highest concentration of product? “On his underpants.“ In one phone call, Navalny has just obtained a confession from a member of the commando in charge of killing him... and its detailed modus operandi. Excerpt from “Navalny, the survivor“, a report to be seen in “Special Envoy“ on February 25, 2021.