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Sunday, September 06, 2020
The Russian government has accused Germany of delaying the investigation of the Navalny case. Chancellor Maas categorically rejects it. In the attack from Moscow he sees one more “smoke candle” and an indication that the Kremlin has something to hide in the case.
Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has rejected the Russian government’s accusations in the conflict over the investigation into the poison attack on Russian opposition politician Alexej Navalny. Maas told the ARD that the allegation that Germany was delaying the investigation was “another candle of smoke.” The German government had “long accepted” a request for mutual legal assistance from the Russian prosecutor’s office and had already communicated it to the Russian ambassador in Berlin a week ago.
Maas also referred to ongoing investigations at the Berlin Charité, where Navalny is being treated. Its results have not yet been sent to Russia. Maas emphasized that Russia, for its part, had to deliver the results of its examinations to Germany after Navalny’s hospital treatment in Omsk, Siberia: “Mr. Navalny was treated for two days in Russia. So there are many traces there, Tests that took place there, the results, they’re just there, “Maas said.
Germany had signaled to Moscow the expectation “that a truly terrible crime, a violation of international law, will be solved, and that Russia simply cannot withdraw. If Russia does not contribute to the investigation or if smoke candles continue to be lit, as has been the case. the case since then. ” Days is the case, so that’s another indication that you have something to hide, “Maas added.
Allegation on Facebook
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Sakharova had previously accused the German government of delaying the investigation into the Navalny case. “Berlin is delaying the investigation that is being convened. By the way?” Sakharova said on the online network Facebook.
Sakharova said Berlin did not respond to a request for legal assistance from the Russian prosecution on August 27. “Dear Mr Maas, if the German government takes what you have said seriously, it should be interested in responding to a request from the Russian attorney general as soon as possible,” the spokeswoman added. “So far we are not sure if Germany is not playing a double game.”
The prominent Russian opposition politician Navalny has been treated at the Berlin Charité since August 22, after he collapsed two days earlier during a flight in Russia. The federal government announced Wednesday that Navalny had been poisoned “without question” with a chemical nerve agent from the so-called Novichok group. The poison was developed by Soviet scientists in the 1970s.
