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    Germany's allegations about Navalny could be justification for pre-planned anti-Russian ‘response’ Archived Message

    Posted by Tomski on September 2, 2020, 10:47 pm, in reply to "Navalny gets Scipalledone. ,, Moon alabama"

    https://www.rt.com/russia/499737-mfa-navalny-response-measure/

    Moscow says it's witnessing yet another instance of Western politicians preferring “loud public statements” instead of evidence and facts when it comes to the alleged poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny.

    The Russian Ministry of Foreign affairs has published a statement in which it lashed out at Berlin after the German government claimed that Navalny was “poisoned” by “Novichok class nerve agent.” Since the end of August, when the opposition figure was sent to Germany from Russia for treatment, Germany has been neglecting bilateral cooperation mechanisms that would allow Russia to investigate the situation, Moscow says.

    The ministry recalled that Russia's Prosecutor General's Office sent a request to the German Justice Ministry asking to assist with the investigation. It was also willing to share all the results of tests that were carried out on Navalny during his emergency hospitalization immediately after he felt unwell on a flight from Siberia to Moscow.

    Despite the fact that Russian doctors, who managed to save his life in those crucial hours, were also willing to share all their information with their German colleagues, both of the requests have remained unanswered, Moscow says.

    On August 20, a plane carrying Navalny made an emergency landing in Omsk after the blogger suddenly felt unwell on a flight from Siberia to Moscow. Navalny was taken to hospital in a coma and was put on a ventilator. On August 22, he was flown to Germany for treatment. German doctors said on August 24 that they had found signs of Navalny’s intoxication with substances from the cholinesterase inhibitors group. The doctors added that there was no threat to his life but there was the possibility of long-term effects on his nervous system.

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