Alexei Navalny's representatives have hindered an inquiry into the poisoning of the dissident by removing evidence from a hotel room, the Kremlin says.
The Kremlin said Russia's ability to probe opposition politician Alexei Navalny's suspected poisoning was"limited" and accused his aides of taking potential evidence out of the country.
The bottle appears to have been key evidence for Germany's conclusion that the 44-year-old outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin wasPutin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday reiterated complaints that Moscow's hands were tied because Germany has not yet shared its findings with Russia and accused Navalny's aides of removing potential evidence.
"The bottle -- if it existed -- has been taken somewhere, to Germany or some other place," he said."What could have become a piece of evidence proving poisoning has unfortunately been taken out.But he also cast doubt on Germany's findings, saying it would not be possible to take a bottle with traces of a nerve agent out of the country because that person would simply"have no time" to do that due to the toxicity of the substance.
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