Navalny poisoning: the alleged FSB unit
Alleged: Reported or claimed; not established in the public record.
Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny was poisoned in 2020. The OPCW confirmed a cholinesterase-inhibitor with similarities to scheduled chemicals. The link to a named FSB unit comes from an open-source investigation by Bellingcat.
Documented
OPCW findings on the chemical are published. The agency attribution is not a court finding or an official inquiry result.
Claimed, disputed or not established
Bellingcat reported that an FSB team of chemical-weapons experts was implicated. That is a media investigation, not an official inquiry; no Russian response is in the sources opened.
Sources (opened in a new tab)
- OPCW: Case of Mr Alexei Navalny ↗https://www.opcw.org/media-centre/featured-topics/case-mr-alexei-navalny
- Bellingcat: FSB team implicated in Navalny poisoning ↗https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/12/14/fsb-team-of-chemical-weapon-experts-implicated-in-alexey-navalny-novichok-poisoning/
Connected
- Section: Russia and the USSR
- Agencies: FSB
- Vault documents: Case of Mr Alexei Navalny (OPCW) ↗
- Case board · Timeline (2020) · Document vault