Putin rejects Navalny poisoning allegations as 'falsification'
by Andrew Roth in Moscow from on (#5BRMT)
Russian president denies Bellingcat's claim Russia dispatched hit squad as he holds end-of-year press event
Vladimir Putin has denied Russia was behind the poisoning of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny, calling a recent investigation by Bellingcat a falsification".
Who needs to poison him," he said during a nationally televised press conference, denying that Russia's FSB spy agency was involved. If they'd wanted to [poison him] then they probably would have finished the job."
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