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Kremlin critic Navalny's bank accounts frozen, apartment seized -spokeswoman

Reuters WORLD
Published September 24,2020
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was allegedly poisoned with a Soviet-era nerve agent, has been discharged from hospital after a month, his doctors in Berlin said on September 23, 2020. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny's bank accounts were frozen and his Moscow apartment seized under a lawsuit while he was recovering from a suspected poisoning in a Berlin hospital, his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said on Thursday.

"This means the flat cannot be sold, donated or mortgaged," Yarmysh said in a video posted on Twitter.

Navalny was flown from Russia to Berlin last month after falling ill on a domestic flight in Siberia. The West has demanded an explanation from the Kremlin, which has denied any involvement in the incident and said it has yet to see evidence of a crime.