The Kremlin denies Conte’s remarks about Putin’s “promise” to establish a commission of inquiry into the Navalny case.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied what he said today in a statement from Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte about Moscow’s intention to form a commission to investigate the alleged poisoning of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny.

This came in Peskov’s response to journalists’ request to comment on Cotney’s words today, Thursday, that Putin assured him that “Russia is seeking to clarify what happened and that it will form a commission of inquiry and that it expressed its willingness to cooperate with the German authorities “.

Peskov said: “I do not rule out that there has been some misunderstanding … In fact, the subject of the Berlin patient was addressed, and the president (Putin) has already informed his Italian colleague that the pre-investigation procedures have been underway for a long time. time and that there is no justification to open a criminal case. Because all the analyzes carried out by Russian specialists showed the absence of toxic substances. “

Peskov confirmed that Moscow is interested in clarifying the causes of the accident, noting that the Russian side is waiting for a response from German colleagues on the results of the analyzes carried out by Navalny in his laboratory.

And the Kremlin spokesman expressed Moscow’s astonishment at the emergence of problems with Germany by providing the results of Navalny’s analyzes directly to Russia.

Peskov said in response to media reports that Navalny has returned from his coma, that Russia does not have any credible information about his state of health, adding: “These are just media reports, and we are used to dealing with similar ones. with caution, and we cannot consider them as a source before official information can give you official information. ” Or another. “

The German magazine “Spiegel” quoted “private sources” today, that Navalny had regained consciousness and began to speak about what happened to him on board the plane.

Commenting on this report, Kira Yarmish, an opposition spokesperson, said that it contains exaggerations and is inaccurate in presenting many facts.

Source: Agencies