The bombshell intervention comes as Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab stepped up a war of words against Moscow
A key ally of the poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has said an emergency landing saved his life, while blaming Vladimir Putin for the attack.
But asked how certain he was that President Putin was involved, Mr Volkov said: ‘I am certain, 100%, I have no doubt after what the German Government said… given the fact that it was Novichok.To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser thatHe continued: ‘It is just by a pure coincidence that the world knows it is a Novichok.
He added: ’The line has been crossed, Putin can’t be treated as a representative of a normal country anymore.’
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