FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny is pictured at Charite hospital in Berlin, Germany, in this undated image obtained from social media September 22, 2020. Courtesy of Instagram @navalny/Social Media via REUTERS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny's bank accounts were frozen and his Moscow apartment seized as part of a lawsuit while he was recovering from a suspected poisoning in a Berlin hospital, his spokeswoman said on Thursday.
His assets were seized on Aug. 27 in connection with a lawsuit filed by the Moscow Schoolchild catering company, spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said in a video posted on Twitter. The politician and his allies have been involved in a long-running dispute with the company.
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