Moscow: Western experts have manufactured “Novichok” poisons for years

Today, Saturday, the Russian Foreign Ministry commented on Western accusations directed at Russia of its involvement in the “poisoning” of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny with a “Novichok” type toxin.

A statement issued by the ministry stated that it “documents numerous anti-Russian statements on Alexei Navalny’s health situation,” especially what was mentioned in a joint statement issued on the matter by German Foreign Ministers Heiko Maas and the French, Jean-Yves Le Drian.

And the ministry continued: “In response to the definitive statements that the nerve gases known in the West by the name of Novichok were designed in our country, we must remember the following: for several years, experts from many Western countries and the organs competent NATO officials have been working on the materials design. ” “This is a large group. In the United States, more than 150 patents have been issued to designers of techniques to use them for military purposes.”

A plane carrying Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny landed during his flight from Tomsk to Moscow at Omsk airport on 20 August, due to a severe deterioration in his health. On the morning of the 22nd of the same month, Navalny was transferred to Berlin to continue his treatment there at the request of his family, and he is still in a coma and his condition is described as difficult, but German doctors confirmed that there is currently no danger to his life.

On Thursday, the German government announced that experts from the country’s Defense Ministry had concluded that the Russian activist had been poisoned with a substance from the “Novichok” group, but data confirming this hypothesis has not yet been presented.

The Russian authorities have repeatedly called for the need not to rush to conclusions about Navalny’s health, questioning the hypothesis of poisoning him and confirming their willingness to cooperate to discover the circumstances of the accident.

Source: website of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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