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In the case of Navalny, the federal government released the results of the poison analysis to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons. Moscow denounces a “disinformation campaign”: it is only about new sanctions.
The German government has handed over the laboratory results of the case of poisoned Kremlin critic Alexej Navalny to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Since the poisoning is a violation of the chemical weapons agreement, the OPCW, in which Russia also participates, is responsible, said a spokesman for the Defense Ministry.
However, the German government does not see the conditions to deliver the evidence to Russia. “We continue to appeal to the Russian side for information,” said deputy government spokeswoman Martina Fietz. In doing so, she rejected the demands of the Russian Foreign Ministry that Germany hand over the test results to Moscow.
Bundeswehr laboratory is OPCW certified
Navalny, one of the fiercest opponents of Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin, fell into a coma on August 20 on a domestic flight in Russia and was later transferred to the Berlin Charité at the insistence of his family. A laboratory in the Bundeswehr, the Munich Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, had shown that Navalny had been poisoned with the nerve chemical Novitschok. The substance is on the OPCW’s list of prohibited toxins. The laboratory is one of 17 institutes around the world that the organization has certified for this task.
Meanwhile, the German ambassador in Moscow, Géza Andreas von Geyr, arrived at the Russian Foreign Ministry for a meeting. The Russian government announced Tuesday that it would call Geyr. From the Foreign Ministry in Berlin, however, it was said that it was a long-planned appointment for the Ambassador at the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Russia speaks of a “disinformation campaign”
Moscow criticized the Navalny case for a “disinformation campaign” that serves as a pretext for new sanctions against Russia. “The initiators are not concerned about Navalny’s health, but they want to impose sanctions,” the Russian Foreign Ministry declared after the G7 countries also increased pressure on the Kremlin.
According to Navalny’s lawyer, Vyacheslav Gimadi, the Russian government is refusing to investigate the Kremlin critic’s case. “Currently no investigations are being carried out, although they are required by law in such situations,” Gimadi said. SWR. According to him, Navalny’s legal team filed a complaint immediately after the poisoning became known on August 20. The responsible investigation committee would have had to decide within three days in favor of an investigation or against it. In fact, however, there was no reaction.
