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The federal government has had the results of the German laboratory verified on the poisoning of Russian opponent Alexej Navalny in other EU countries. Laboratories in France and Sweden have confirmed the findings, said government spokesman Steffen Seibert.
This means that “three laboratories have now independently provided evidence of a nerve agent from the Novitschok group as the cause of Mr. Navalny’s poisoning,” Seibert said. The German government reiterated its demand “for Russia to come forward.”
According to Seibert, Germany made “samples from Mr. Navalny” available to specialized laboratories in France and Sweden. The results “are now available and confirm the German evidence,” Seibert said.
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is conducting another investigation. The OPCW “took samples from Mr. Navalny and initiated the necessary arrangements for the OPCW reference laboratories to examine them.”
The Russian government questioned Germany’s findings
The Russian government had previously repeatedly expressed doubts about the findings produced by a special Bundeswehr laboratory. To the federal government, however, it became clear later that Navalny had been poisoned with a nerve chemical from the so-called Novitschok group. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) had spoken of an “attempted poisoning” of the Russian opposition member and asked Russia to clarify.
Navalny was poisoned during a campaign tour in Siberia. He collapsed on a domestic flight, was first hospitalized in Russia, and then flown to Berlin for further treatment. According to doctors from the Berlin Charité, Nawalny’s condition is improving significantly. Now he is no longer in an artificial coma and responds.
