German Scientists: Navalnas poisoned with poisons similar to “Novičiok”

The tests were carried out by a special laboratory in the Bundeswehr, where traces of the poison were found.

“It is a shocking fact that Alexei Navaln was the victim of an attack in Russia with a nerve paralyzing chemical,” said government spokesman Steffen Seibert.

The German government report also claims that Germany condemns the attack on Navaln’s life and demands explanations from Moscow, writes the portal meduza.io.

For the second time this week, Berlin is calling on Moscow to investigate the circumstances surrounding the Navaln poisoning.

A. Navaln, who is currently in a coma, is being treated at a Berlin hospital.

Speaking to French ambassadors in Paris on Monday, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said that Europe needed “constructive” relations with Russia over the Old Continent’s own security, but it was now clear that “dark clouds” were gathering. on bilateral relations.

“Of course, we hope that Russia will contribute more to the clarification of the Navaln case than now,” he said with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.

On Friday, the Charite hospital in Berlin, where Mr. Navalno is being treated, said there was a slight improvement in his condition, but that the 44-year-old opponent was still in a medically induced coma and on an oxygen machine.

Navaln’s condition deteriorated dramatically during a flight from Tomsk to Moscow. He was initially treated at the Omsk Hospital, but was later transferred to Berlin.

Doctors at a Berlin hospital who examined Mr. Navalna believed that he was poisoned by a substance that inhibits the enzyme cholinesterase. Cholinesterase inhibition is a common feature of nerve paralyzing agents.

Navalno’s colleagues say the poison may have been added to his tea at Tomsk airport.

For their part, Omsk doctors claimed they had found no traces of poison on Navaln’s body, and the Kremlin rejected calls from the international community to investigate the opposition’s poisoning.