How Navalny was poisoned by secret agents

How Navalny was poisoned by secret agents

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The transcript discusses an investigation by Bellingcat into the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent called Novichok. CNN obtained records showing the FSB's surveillance of Navalny before his poisoning. A special FSB unit specializing in toxins began trailing him a week prior to the incident. Evidence suggests Navalny was poisoned the night before he fell ill, possibly through contaminated hotel items.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the nerve agent used in the poisoning of a political opponent of Russia's president?

Ricin

VX

Novichok

Sarin

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which organization obtained records that were crucial to the investigation?

Al Jazeera

BBC

Reuters

CNN

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was shadowed by the FSB before the poisoning incident?

Alexei Navalny

Sergei Magnitsky

Boris Nemtsov

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the special FSB unit specialize in?

Financial crimes

Cybersecurity

Toxins and nerve agents

Counterintelligence

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What do toxicologists believe was a possible method of poisoning Navalny?

Ingesting contaminated food

Inhaling toxic fumes

Contact with poisoned clothing or personal items

Injection with a syringe