INTRO Aleksey Navalny says he is convinced that Russian President Vladimir Putin was behind his suspected poisoning. The Kremlin critic made the claim in his first interview after the incident which he gave to the German magazine "Der Spiegel". The Kremlin denies the accusations, saying that there is nothing to investigate unless the West provides Russia with evidence of the crime. Galina Polonskaya has more on this.
IN: "Aleksey Navalny is persuaded''
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