UK summons Russian ambassador over Navalny poisoning

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LONDON, Sept 8, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Britain’s foreign minister on Monday said the government had summoned the Russian ambassador to express its “deep concern” at the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Dominic Raab wrote on Twitter that it was “completely unacceptable that a banned chemical weapon has been used and Russia must hold a full, transparent investigation”.