KING: A top Kremlin critic poison Germany revealing what many had suspected. So is Vladimir Putin then responsible? CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports.</s>MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, John, this is a serious development. The German authorities say there's evidence Alexei Navalny, one of Russia's most prominent opposition figures was poisoned with Novichok, a powerful chemical nerve agents that we've come across before. It was Novichok remember that was used to poison the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia in 2018 in the English city of Salt Spring provoking widespread outrage in Britain and beyond. The British authorities accused Russian agents of carrying out the attack, which led to the death of a British citizen, the contamination of a wide area. Alexei Navalny was taken ill on a flight to Moscow last month after drinking tea in an airport cafe. Russian doctors say they found no evidence of poisoning. But the German clinic where he's been treated and where he remained in a coma has now identified Novichok as the probable cause. Well, Kremlin have a track record of categorically denying any wrongdoing. They denied involvement in the Skripal poisoning of course. And the Kremlin now says it has no information about the accusation that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with Novichok saying the German government has not yet informed them of the findings, John?</s>KING: Matthew Chance reporting for us from Moscow, important story. Thanks for joining us today. We'll see you back here this time tomorrow. Don't go anywhere. Busy Newsday Brianna Keilar picks up our coverage right now. Have a good day.
Germany: Kremlin Critic Navalny Poisoned With Russian Nerve Agent.