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Russian Agents Trailed Opposition Leader Navalny Before Poisoning, Report Finds

An investigation by Bellingcat, an Internet research organization, and other media outlets, revealed that for years, Russian agents secretly followed Alexei Navalny.
A joint investigation by Bellingcat and other media outlets found evidence that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was trailed by Russian spy agents for years before he was poisoned in August.

Updated 8:30 a.m. ET

Kremlin agents followed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny for years and were nearby just before an attack with a deadly nerve agent almost killed him in August, according to a new report by the research group Bellingcat.

The report, which used commercial flight information and phone metadata, suggests security agents and two medical doctors working for the nation's security agencywere connected to the Navalny poisoning--an event that many have long

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