The German police are investigating: did someone poison two Russians who escaped from Russia?

The German police are investigating did someone poison two Russians

According to the police, the persons participated in a meeting of Russian dissidents in Berlin in April.

The German police say they are investigating the possible poisoning of two people who went into exile from Russia.

According to the police, the individuals had participated in a meeting of Russian dissidents in Berlin in April, which was organized by a Russian opposition figure, a businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

The police started an investigation after Agentsvo, a Russian investigative journalism publication, reported that two women who participated in the event had suffered from possible poisoning symptoms.

The police did not tell news agencies more about the investigation.

According to media reports, one of the women who reported the symptoms is a journalist and the other is the director of an NGO.

Source: AFP, Reuters

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