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An attempted assassination by poisoning has been made on Vladimir Putin's de facto deputy, according to a sensational new claim. Nikolai Patrushev, 71, a former head of the FSB secret service and secretary of the Kremlin's security council, was reportedly rushed to hospital in recent days after falling unwell. General SVR, a dissident Russian Telegram channel which claims to be operated by a former Kremlin official with inside sources, said toxicology test results revealed Patrushev had been afflicted by a 'synthetic poison', but had ultimately survived the attempt on his life. The former FSB head is widely seen as the...

Nikolai Patrushev, who is called the likely successor of Vladimir Putin, was probably poisoned with synthetic poison. Former head of the FSB secret service and secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev recently survived an assassination attempt. This is reported by the Daily Mail with reference to one of the opposition Telegram channels of the Russian Federation. In early June, according to the media, Patrushev was hospitalized with deteriorating health. The publication claims that the ex- the head of the secret service of the FSB was poisoned with a synthetic poison. But he managed to survive and survive the...