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According to the new findings, the Russian Kremlin critic Navalny has been “unequivocally” poisoned with a chemical nerve agent. This was the result of a toxicological test carried out by a laboratory of the German armed forces.
The Russian Kremlin critic Alexej Navalny has been at the Berlin Charité for several days. He had arrived there with symptoms of poisoning. According to the federal government, there is now “unequivocal evidence” of poisoning with a chemical nerve agent from the Novitschok group. So said government spokesman Steffen Seibert. Novichok had also been used to poison former British spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Britain. The two barely survived.
A special laboratory of the German armed forces carried out a toxicological examination based on samples. The poisoning was proven.
The federal government speaks of a “shocking event”
The federal government spoke of an “alarming fact”. It condemns the attack in the strongest possible terms. Based on the new findings, the Russian ambassador was invited again for an interview. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said he was asked to clarify the background to the case. It is important that those responsible are also held accountable in Russia, Maas said.
“Russia itself should have a keen interest in good relations with its neighbors in Europe. Now is the time to make a decisive contribution to this.”
As a result of the new findings, Germany will discuss an “appropriate joint reaction” with its partners in the EU and NATO, the federal government announced. They also wanted to contact the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OVCW).
Navalny’s condition is stable
Navalny, who fell suddenly into a coma on 20 August on a flight from his home country and was initially examined in Omsk, is being treated at the Charité at the urging of his family. After evaluating the clinical findings, the German doctors assumed that Navalny had been poisoned. They are currently assuming that Navalny’s poisoning symptoms will recede. His condition is stable, he is still in an intensive care unit in an artificial coma and is mechanically ventilated, he said Friday. There is no serious danger to life, but the long-term consequences of “severe patient poisoning” are not foreseeable.
The Russian government had called the Berlin doctors’ assessment that Navalny was allegedly poisoned premature. So far, Russian security authorities have not investigated the case. There are no indications of crime.
