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The findings of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons on the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent from the Novichok group are consistent with results already obtained in specialized laboratories in Germany, Sweden and France. This was announced by the German government.
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was poisoned a little known nerve agent not yet on the official O listOrganization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). This was announced by the press service of the German federal government.
The OPCW has confirmed the poisoning of Navalny with combat poison from the Novichok group; laboratories in Germany, Sweden and France reached the same conclusions, according to the report.
“The assessment of proliferation risks plays an important role in the planned transfer or publication of information, as well as in the issuance of the official list. Information on a dangerous substance must not fall into the wrong hands,” the statement said.
The German government demanded an explanation from Russia. In the coming days, the OPCW and the EU countries will develop an additional action plan.
“Any use of chemical weapons is a serious process and cannot be left without consequences,” stressed the German government.
On August 20, the plane in which Navalny flew from Tomsk to Moscow sat urgently in Omsk due to deteriorating state of politician. Navalny was unconscious in the toxic resuscitation department of the emergency hospital No. 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. Doctors “Charite” reported 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.
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said that The European Union will impose sanctions against Russia in the event that the conclusions of the German, Swedish and French laboratories on the poisoning of Navalny with a substance from the Novichok group are confirmed by experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
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