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Russia’s Foreign Ministry said it had not received a reaction from Germany to a letter from deputies of the State Duma with a proposal to introduce a joint Russian-German parliamentary scrutiny on the investigation into the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny. .
Germany has denied the Russian Federation consular access to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is recovering from poisoning. This was reported by the press service of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
“There are no answers to questions posed by the Russian side through political dialogue as well as through diplomatic channels. The Russian Embassy in Berlin received a refusal from the German Foreign Ministry of assistance in providing consular access to Navalny, “the statement said.
In addition, the department said it had not received a reaction to the letter from the State Duma deputies with a proposal to introduce a joint Russian-German parliamentary scrutiny on the Navalny poisoning investigation.
Since August 20, Navalny has been unconscious in the toxic intensive care unit of the emergency hospital №1 in Omsk. On the morning of August 22, he was flown to the Charite clinic in Berlin.
On September 2, the German government announced that traces of a substance similar in composition to Novichok had been found in Navalny’s body. The biological material extracted from the politician was examined by a special laboratory of the German armed forces. The fact of the poisoning of Navalny with poison from the Novichok group was also confirmed by laboratories in France and Sweden.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said Berlin’s statements about the Navalny poisoning were not supported by fact. The head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation, Sergei Naryshkin, claims that at the time of the departure to Germany there were no traces of poison on the body of the politician.
Navalny was in a coma for 18 days. The “Charite” doctors announced on September 7 that Navalny was brought out of a medical coma and disconnected from the ventilator. On September 14, German doctors reported that the politician is feeling better and is on his feet. On September 22, Navalny was discharged from the clinic, he is in rehabilitation.
Navalny considers that Russian President Vladimir Putin is involved in his poisoning, he has no other versions.
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