Die Zeit: Navalny was poisoned by the Russian special services - with a new type of Novichok, from which he should have died on the plane
Russian politician Alexei Navalny has been poisoned by a new type of Novichok, more dangerous than previous known variations. This is reported by Die Zeit, citing unnamed sources. According to the plan of the poisoners, the newspaper writes, Navalny was supposed to die on the plane. The politician survived only "thanks to a chain of happy accidents" - the actions of the pilot, who immediately decided to land the plane, and the doctors who promptly injected him with atropine.