Navalny

Merkel searches for way out of Nord Stream 2 – Navalny MESS she created

Via Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/article/russia-politics-navalny-idUSL8N2G80ZE)…
Berlin prosecutors said on Friday they would investigate the case of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who is being treated in Berlin for suspected poisoning, and hand information to Moscow – if he agreed.
The German government had earlier said it would not investigate the case because the poisoning took place in Russia.

Navalny, Novichok, and Nord Stream 2

Johanna Ross, journalist based in Edinburgh, Scotland
Timing is everything, they say. Never more so was it crucial in the case of Alexei Navalny, currently coming out of a coma in the Charité hospital in Berlin, Germany, where he was transferred last month from Omsk in Russia after collapsing on a plane. Timing in this detective story is vital to understanding the motive behind the alleged poisoning.