Navalny said his own investigators had checked the findings and that the case was now solved despite the absence of an official investigation in Russia.
"I know who wanted to kill me. I know where they live. I know where they work. I know their real names. I know their fake names. I have their photos," Navalny said in a video, in which he can be seen clutching photos of the men named in the investigation."This is a story about a secret group of murderers from the FSB that includes doctors and chemists, about how they tried to kill me several times and almost killed my wife once," he said.
Navalny said he now believed that Putin had ordered the operation against him in revenge for his declaring in late 2016 that he would run for the Russian presidency in 2018, a contest he was later barred from on a technicality. The Kremlin, which has suggested Navalny is working with the CIA, has denied Putin had anything to do with Navalny's poisoning.Our Morning Edition newsletter is a curated guide to the most important and interesting stories, analysis and insights. Sign up to