'Vladimir The Underpants Poisoner': Navalny Mocks Putin In Court
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Russian opposition leader mocked Russian President Vladimir Putin as "Vladimir the Underpants Poisoner," shortly before he was sent to prison in a verdict immediately condemned in the West as politically motivated. Navalny was referring to extensive evidence that Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) tried to poison him by putting a Novichok nerve agent in his underpants. Listen to excerpts of his impassioned courtroom speech here.