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Laboratories in France and Sweden have analyzed medical tests carried out on Russian opponent Alexei Navalny and confirmed that it is a case of poisoning by a Novichok-type neurotoxic agent, the German government announced today.
“We renew our appeal to Russia to clarify what happened,” said Berlin government spokesman Steffen Seibert.
In the same note, the Government reinforces that “this poisoning” constitutes a “grave violation” of the Convention on Chemical Weapons.
Alexei Navalny, known for his anti-corruption investigations targeting the Russian political elite, felt ill during a plane trip on August 20 and was urgently hospitalized in Omsk, Siberia, before being sent to Berlin.
According to the German authorities, the main opponent of the Kremlin was “undoubtedly” poisoned in Russia by a nerve agent of the Novichok type, a substance conceived in Soviet times for military purposes and already used against former Russian double agent Serguei Skripal and his daughter Iulia. , in 2018, in England.
The German government and other Western countries accuse the Russian authorities of the crime, but the Kremlin rejects any responsibility.
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