CNN —Russian dissident journalist Elena Kostyuchenko has revealed how she was traveling to Berlin by train last autumn when she was abruptly taken ill, in a case that has led German authorities to investigate a suspected poisoning attempt.
Kostyuchenko was living in exile at the time in the German capital after being warned of Russian plans to assassinate her.
In March 2022, she said she was tipped off by a source in Ukrainian military reconnaissance about Russian plans to assassinate her.
Kostyuchenko eventually fled to Germany, where she rented an apartment in Berlin and began working for Meduza on September 29.
Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny also fell ill on a flight from the Siberian city of Tomsk to Moscow in 2020.
Persons:
Elena Kostyuchenko, Kostyuchenko, Sebastian Büchner, ” Kostyuchenko, “, ”, Zelimkhan, Sergei Skripal, Yulia, Theresa May, Alexei Navalny
Organizations:
CNN, Russian, Novaya Gazeta, Meduza, UK
Locations:
Russian, Berlin, Munich, Ukraine, Russia, Germany, Iran, Meduza, Ukrainian, Chechen, English, Salisbury, Siberian, Tomsk, Moscow