Germany says Soviet-era nerve agent used on Russia's Navalny

Proof, if any where needed that Russia thinks nothing of openly poisoning its own citizens. A Dougie state run by a murderer.

I expect the Kremlin apologist will turn up soon to make a half-hearted denial.

Novichok is a class of military-grade nerve agents developed by the Soviet Union at the end of the Cold War. Western weapons experts believe it was only ever manufactured in Russia. After the Skripals were poisoned, Russia said the U.S., Britain and other Western countries had acquired the expertise to make the nerve agent and that the Novichok used in that attack could have come from them.

CNN needs to so be there at the bedside of Alexei Navalny. I’ll only believe this when a CNN reporter sniffs Navalny‘s hand and declares “Yep, smells like a Soviet military-grade nerve agent to me”

One would think that as much practice as the Russians get as poisoning, they’d be better at it.

I expect the Kremlin apologist will turn up soon to make a half-hearted denial.

One came right after you. The denial will be some form of the usual soviet/alt right 'Can't prove it! Can't prove it' followed by 'the west is worse' and attacks on something called 'the media'.

Throughout Russian history poison has always been a traditional way of removing persona non grata. In modern times Rasputin and, some people believe, Stalin himself were famous victims. The pathetic Pretender Putin is certain to go down in Russian history as "Putin the Poisoner".

The woman in the photo is holding a poster with the face of Navalny and the caption: Poison - the weapon of women, cowards and eunuchs. We should add, "And Russian despots, like the cowardly eunuch, Putin".

One would think that as much practice as the Russians get as poisoning, they’d be better at it.

If they'd wanted him dead, he would be. They want to show they can kill if they want to.

One came right after you. 

Indeed. There would be others, but this story wasn't in the top three of JT's world news, which makes it basically invisible.

And this happened inside Russia this time, so less likely foreign involvement

These types of nerve-agent poisonings are so rare nowadays; yet it seems it's always those in the opposition, never the establishment people. This is no longer random ("fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me")

It was also suspicious that the Russian doctors who were treating him were so certain it wasn't poisoning just a couple of days after being admitted for treatment. How can anybody be so certain after only a couple of days of treatment - that's not even enough time to do a detailed blood test, let alone many other tests to eliminate possibilities

If they'd wanted him dead, he would be. They want to show they can kill if they want to.

more than that.. It was about making it excruciatingly painful,