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> but on the other hand Putin wants people to know he was behind the assassination, otherwise he wouldn't have used Novichok Imagine how many things should ha

> but on the other hand Putin wants people to know he was behind the assassination, otherwise he wouldn't have used Novichok Imagine how many things should have gone right for him if his plan all along was to let people know he was behind the assassination: - Navalny had to survive the poisoning or die under very suspicious circumstances — something that couldn't be attributed to, say, anaphylaxis. - His relatives had to request that he be transported to a country that had the capability for testing for those substances, and the permission given. Alternatively, had he died, someone should have requested for an independent forensic examination in such a country. - The discovery of novichok poisoning shouldn't have triggered any sanctions from the Western countries, specifically there shouldn't have been any consequences for the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. I don't think anyone would argue that sanctions against Russia are somehow in Putin's interest. This is the level of sophistication in planning and execution that nobody, let alone Russians, is likely capable of.

rightbyte 6y ago
Wouldn't it be less suspicious to hire a crack addict and have him shoot him? I don't get the obvoius connection to the government. Surely there are alot of potential perpetrators. "ChEIs may be used as drugs for Alzheimer's and myasthenia gravis, and also as chemical weapons and insecticides." - Wiki on the poison.
- azangru 6y ago
  > Wouldn't it be less suspicious to hire a crack addict and have him shoot him? Absolutely. This was in fact how a couple of other opposition figures, such as Anna Politkovskaya and Boris Nemtsov, were eliminated. This whole cloak-and-dagger pantomime involving chemical weapons is hard to explain, unless what they wanted was a seemingly natural death that was not traceable directly to Kremlin.

rightbyte 6y ago

Wouldn't it be less suspicious to hire a crack addict and have him shoot him? I don't get the obvoius connection to the government. Surely there are alot of potential perpetrators. "ChEIs may be used as drugs for Alzheimer's and myasthenia gravis, and also as chemical weapons and insecticides." - Wiki on the poison.

azangru 6y ago
> Wouldn't it be less suspicious to hire a crack addict and have him shoot him? Absolutely. This was in fact how a couple of other opposition figures, such as Anna Politkovskaya and Boris Nemtsov, were eliminated. This whole cloak-and-dagger pantomime involving chemical weapons is hard to explain, unless what they wanted was a seemingly natural death that was not traceable directly to Kremlin.