Ivan Zhdanov, head of Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Fund, mentioned investigators launched a probe into Lyubov Sobol for trespassing “with the usage of violence or a menace to make use of it” after Sobol rang the doorbell of the alleged Federal Safety Service(FSB) agent.
On Monday Navalny mentioned he had tricked an alleged chemical weapons knowledgeable with the FSB named Konstantin Kudryavtsev into admitting that the home intelligence company had sought to kill him this summer season by putting poison in his underwear.
Later Monday, Sobol went to the Moscow residence the place a joint media report led by the Bellingcat investigative web site final week mentioned Kudryavtsev lives.
She was detained by police on the scene and questioned for hours.
On Friday police took the 33-year-old opposition activist in for questioning after conducting a raid on her Moscow residence at round 7:00 am (0400 GMT) and confiscated her tech units, the Anti-Corruption Fund wrote on Twitter.
Sobol’s younger daughter and husband have been allowed to depart the flat, mentioned a message posted on Sobol’s Twitter feed.
Talking to AFP on Monday, the opposition activist had expressed concern a few potential prison case towards her.
Sobol, a lawyer by coaching, has introduced plans to run in parliamentary elections subsequent 12 months.
Western governments say Navalny, 44, was poisoned with the Soviet-era Novichok nerve agent in a case that has additional dented Moscow’s relations with main European international locations and sparked mutual sanctions.
The FSB has mentioned Navalny’s name with Kudryavtsev was “pretend” however has not denied that he works for the company.
The Kremlin has admitted that safety brokers have tailed Navalny however denied any makes an attempt to poison him.