NATO Agrees Novichok Used on Navalny, Demands Probe

NATO Agrees Novichok Used on Navalny, Demands Probe
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny delivers a speech during a rally to demand the release of jailed protesters, in Moscow, on Sept. 29, 2019. Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters
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BRUSSELS—NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday condemned the “appalling assassination attempt” on Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny and called on Moscow to answer questions about the poisoning to international investigators.

Navalny, a Kremlin critic and corruption investigator, fell ill on a flight to Moscow on Aug. 20 and was taken to a hospital in the Siberian city of Omsk. He has been in an induced coma in a Berlin hospital since he was flown to Germany for treatment more than a week ago.