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Russia's Alexey Navalny says would-be killer confessed to poison plot

Navalny said he tricked one of his would-be assassins into confessing to the attempt on his life.

On Monday, the hospital said he had been removed from mechanical ventilation and was able to leave his bed for short periods of time
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Jake Rudnitsky | Bloomberg
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who is recovering from a near-fatal poisoning that he blames on President Putin, said he tricked one of his would-be assassins into confessing to the attempt on his life.
 
Navalny, posing as an adviser to Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, recorded a conversation with what he said was one of the Federal Security Service agents he has accused of organizing the poisoning.
 
The conversation posted on YouTube is the latest twist after a report by the investigative website Bellingcat last week alleged that a clandestine FSB unit specializing in poisons had followed

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