Putin claims opposition figure Alexey Navalny working with American intelligence, says Kremlin not behind his alleged poisoning

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that opposition figure Alexey Navalny is supported in his work by US intelligence services. He also denied that state agencies were behind the alleged August poisoning of the activist.

Putin added that if Russian security services wanted to assassinate the western-leaning protest leader, they would have “finished the job.” He also insisted that the FSB were within their rights to follow Navalny, given their suspicions. 

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