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The International Agency for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has announced that Russian opposition member Navalny was poisoned with Novichok. This confirms previous findings. The federal government demands consequences.
Investigations by the International Agency for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have shown that the Kremlin’s Russian opponent, Alexei Navalny, was poisoned with a chemical neurotoxin from the Novichok group.
This confirms “unequivocal evidence that Alexej Nawalny was the victim of an attack with a chemical nerve agent from the Novitschok group,” said federal government spokesman Steffen Seibert. The results of the reference laboratories commissioned by the OPCW were consistent with those already achieved by the special laboratories in Germany, Sweden and France.
Another request to Russia
The federal government is currently reviewing the organization’s detailed technical report, so Seibert. In the planned transfer or release of information, the assessment of proliferation risks also plays an important role. “Knowledge of the dangerous substance must not fall into the wrong hands.”
The German government also renewed its call to Russia to explain what happened. There will be a close exchange of ideas on next steps in the OPCW executive council and among EU partners in the coming days. “Any use of chemical weapons is a serious process and cannot be left without consequences,” Seibert explained.
EU Summit Theme
Navalny had collapsed on August 20 on a Russian domestic flight and was initially treated in the Siberian Omsk after an emergency landing. On August 22, he was flown to Germany for treatment at the Berlin Charité. Since then, the 44-year-old has left the hospital and is in rehabilitation in the German capital. The opposition is one of the harshest critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The heads of state and government of the European Union want to revert to the case at their next summit next week. Then there could also be a joint response from the 27 Member States.
