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Who is behind the poison attack on the prominent Kremlin critic Navalny? 53 days after the crime, Russia has still not cooperated sufficiently in the eyes of the EU states in the investigation of the assassination attempt. That should now have consequences.
After the poison attack on Kremlin critic Alexej Navalny, the EU is launching new sanctions against Russia. The foreign ministers of the EU states agreed at a meeting in Luxembourg to initiate the necessary preparations. Germany and France had previously proposed punitive measures by the EU for the attack with a military nerve agent from the Novichok group. They justified the move by stating that Russia had not yet complied with requests for a full investigation of the crime.
So far, Russia has not provided a credible explanation for the cruel assassination attempt, a statement said. Therefore, it is believed “that there is no other plausible explanation for Mr. Navalny’s poisoning than the involvement and responsibility of Russia.”
According to the plans of the two countries, the punitive measures are aimed at people “who by their official role are considered responsible for this crime and the violation of international legal norms, as well as an institution involved in the Novichok program. Details have not yet been released. Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in Luxembourg that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) had confirmed that Nawalny’s poisoning was a violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention. This cannot be without consequences.
Russian Kremlin critic Navalny collapsed on August 20 while on a domestic flight in Russia. After an emergency landing in the Siberian city of Omsk, he was transferred to the Charité in Berlin at the urging of his family. The 44-year-old has since left the hospital, but has yet to make a full recovery and is undergoing rehabilitation in the German capital. Navalny suspects that the Russian state is behind the poison attack against him. The opposition is one of the harshest critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
