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Criminal Environment International 

Bolivia Probes Deaths of 35 Endangered Condors

February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
birds, endangered species, poison

Bolivian environmental authorities on Sunday announced an investigation into the apparent poisoning of 35 Andean condors in a rural community, one of the most devastating such cases for the endangered species.

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Appeals Criminal International Politics 

Chile Ex-President Frei Was Not Murdered: Appeals Court

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Assassination, coup, doctors, history, murder, poison, South America

An appeals court in Chile ruled Monday that ex-president Eduardo Frei’s death in 1982 was not murder, clearing six former agents of dictator Augusto Pinochet’s regime who were convicted of “homicide by poisoning” and jailed.

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Criminal International Politics 

Moscow Court Delays Navalny War Veteran Libel Trial

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
defamation, poison, Russia

A Moscow court on Wednesday postponed the start of the trial of detained Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on charges of defaming a World War II veteran, his lawyers said.

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Criminal International Politics 

Russia ‘Blocking Return of Poisoned Navalny’

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Assassination, poison, Russia, sentencing

MOSCOW (AFP) — Supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny accused the Kremlin on Tuesday of using the threat of

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Business Criminal Entertainment International 

Shanghai Police Say Suspect Detained in Games Tycoon’s Death

December 28, 2020December 29, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
China, poison, video games

Police in Shanghai say they have detained a suspect in the death by possible poisoning of the billionaire founder of a Chinese video game company that makes films based on the popular science fiction novel “The Three-Body Problem.”

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International Politics 

Russia Hits More EU Officials With Entry Bans Over Navalny

December 22, 2020December 22, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
EU, poison, Russia, Sanctions

Moscow is expanding the list of European officials barred from entering Russia in response to the European Union’s sanctions over the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced Tuesday.

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International Politics 

Navalny Says Tricked FSB Agent Into Admitting Poisoning

December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
confessions, poison, Russia

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny claimed Monday he had tricked a security agent into admitting the FSB domestic intelligence agency sought to kill him this summer and placed poison into his underwear.

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International Politics 

Putin Says If Russia Had Poisoned Navalny He Would Be Dead

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Assassination, poison, Russia, Vladimir Putin

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday rejected reports that Russia’s security services were behind the poisoning of Alexei Navalny, saying that if they were, the opposition leader would not be alive.

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International Politics 

Russia Under Renewed Pressure to Explain Navalny Poisoning

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
poison, Russia, weapons

Russia came under renewed pressure Monday to explain the nerve agent attack on opposition figure Alexei Navalny as the annual meeting of the global chemical weapons watchdog got underway amid measures aimed at reining in the spread of coronavirus.

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International Politics 

Russian Counter-Sanctions on European Officials Over Navalny

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
corruption, EU, poison, Russia, Sanctions

Moscow has adopted sanctions against a number of German and French officials in response to the European Union’s sanctions over the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Russia’s foreign minister said Thursday.

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Criminal Government International 

Russia Rules Out Navalny Poisoning, Diagnoses Pancreatitis

November 6, 2020November 6, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
investigation, poison, Russia

Russian officials said on Friday that metabolic problems and pancreatitis caused Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to fall ill in August, ruling out findings by European labs that he was poisoned with Novichok.

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International Politics 

EU Imposes Sanctions on 6 Russians Over Navalny Poisoning

October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
EU, poison, Russia, Sanctions

The European Union and Britain imposed sanctions Thursday on six Russians, some among the highest-ranked officials in the nation, and one organization over the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny with a Soviet-era nerve agent.

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Government International 

EU Agrees Russia Sanctions Over Navalny Poisoning

October 14, 2020October 14, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
EU, poison, Russia, Sanctions

The EU on Wednesday agreed to impose sanctions on six people and one entity over the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny with a Novichok nerve agent, diplomats told AFP.

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Environment International Science 

Kamchatka Marine Life Death Caused by Algae: Russian Scientist

October 12, 2020October 12, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
chemicals, conservationists, marine biology, poison, pollution, Research, Russia

MOSCOW (AFP) — The mass death of sea creatures in Russia’s Kamchatka region was caused by toxins from microalgae rather

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Health International Politics 

Germany: OPCW Says Nerve Agent Used in Navalny Poisoning

October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Assassination, chemicals, Germany, poison, Russia, soviet

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman says a global chemical watchdog group has confirmed Germany and other countries’ findings that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was the victim of an attack with a Soviet-era nerve agent.

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Health Politics 

Russia’s Navalny Released From German Hospital After 32 Days

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
hospitals, poison, Russia

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been released from a Berlin hospital after more than a month’s treatment for poisoning, with doctors now believing that a “complete recovery” from the Soviet-era nerve agent is possible for him, the hospital said Wednesday.

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Criminal International Politics 

Navalny Says Nerve Agent Was Found ‘in and on’ His Body

September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
evidence, poison, Russia

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny demanded Monday that Russia return the clothes he was wearing on the day he fell into a coma in Siberia, calling it “a crucial piece of evidence” in the nerve agent poisoning he is being treated for at a German hospital.

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Criminal International Politics 

Novichok-Tinged Bottle Found in Navalny’s Room: Colleagues

September 17, 2020September 17, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
evidence, hotels, poison, Russia

Colleagues of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Thursday that a bottle of water with a trace of the Novichok nerve agent was found in his hotel room after his poisoning.

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Health International Politics 

Navalny Posts Hospital Photo of Himself; Plans Russia Return

September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
poison, Russia, Social Media

BERLIN (AP) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny posted a picture of himself from his hospital bed in Germany on

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International Politics Science 

French, Swedish Labs Confirm Navalny Poisoned With Novichok

September 14, 2020September 14, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
poison, Russia, soviet

Specialist labs in France and Sweden have confirmed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok, the German government said Monday.

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