!["I assert that [Vladimir] Putin was behind the crime, and I have no other explanation for what happened," Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny told the German magazine Der Spiegel.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2020/10/01/ap_20267406359841_wide-b08d4abb265ddac5bf8ad0301c818b5d9a5dc8c0.jpg?s=600)
In an interview, the Russian opposition leader accuses President Vladimir Putin of ordering the attack with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok. A Kremlin spokesperson calls the accusation groundless.
(Image credit: Navalny Instagram via AP)
In an interview, the Russian opposition leader accuses President Vladimir Putin of ordering the attack with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok. A Kremlin spokesperson calls the accusation groundless.