Russian ambassador to UK summoned to Foreign Office over Navalny’s alleged ‘poisoning,’ embassy decries ‘politicization’ of case

The UK government

The UK government has summoned Russian Ambassador Andrey Kelin to express its “deep concern” over what it called the “poisoning” of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny. The diplomat brushed off the accusations as “baseless.”

The British Foreign Office urged Moscow to conduct a “full, transparent investigation” into the matter, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said in a Twitter post, adding that London considers it “completely unacceptable that a banned chemical weapon has been used” while stopping short of directly accusing Russian authorities of being involved in the incident. 

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