The poisoning of the Russian opposition leader with Novichok shows just how much he is feared by the Kremlin, writes Sean O’Grady
The anti-corruption campaigner is being treated in Germany after his poisonings he lies in an induced coma in a German hospital, the victim of an attempted assassination, Alexei Navalny has at least proved one thing: that Vladimir Putin, de facto dictator of Russia for life, fears as well as loathes this 44-year-old activist and effective leader of Russia’s fractured and persecuted opposition.
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