Russia

Navalny Tricks Russian FSB Officer Into Confessing Poisoned Underpants Plot in Phone Call

‘WELL, THE CROTCH’

A member of the suspected FSB poison squad described the assassination plot on a call with a man he believed to a security official—but was actually Navalny, Putin’s rival.

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