Can Putin have Navalny killed in Germany too? Since Saturday evening he has been lying heavily poisoned in the Berlin Charité. The intensive care unit is like a high-security facility, because fear remains.
- Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was hospitalized after losing consciousness on a flight. Presumably it was poisoned .
- The Kremlin critic was brought to Germany on a special flight on Saturday , where he is now being treated at the Charité in Berlin .
- Now EPP group leader Manfred Weber finds clear words for the Navalny case - and the danger posed by Vladimir Putin .
Berlin - More and more experts are certain: It was attempted murder . With symptoms of poisoning, Kremlin critic Alexej Navalny has been in an intensive care unit in Berlin's Charité since Saturday evening . His room is closely guarded around the clock and only the doctors, his wife Julia and his closest confidants have access.
The health of the Russian opposition leader - Navalny was not the first victim of an attempted murder - remains critical. Apparently he is still in a coma and is artificially ventilated, as the Berliner Morgenpost reports. By transferring him from Russia to Germany , those responsible wanted to ensure that Putin's popular politician would be removed from his sphere of influence. Because there is still a fear in the room: is Navalny safe from Vladimir Putin in Berlin ?
In last night also discussed EPP Group Chairman Manfred Weber , who lives in exile in America ex-world chess champion Garry Kasparov , foreign policy expert of the Greens, Jürgen Trittin and " Cinema for Peace " managing director Jaka Bizilj , of the special flight for Navalny helped organize at Bild.de . Weber in particular found clear words for the enormous danger that Putin posed .
For the EPP parliamentary group leader , the connections are obvious: in a few weeks elections would take place in Russia , in which 18 regions would have to elect a new governor . Putin's power structure in the country has been wavering for some time. Not only he himself as president , but also his party depends on votes, said Weber. Above all, the economic stagnation in Russia puts Putin's system under "massive pressure".
Putin under pressure: Navalny also in danger in Berlin's Charité?
In this critical situation, Putin would be capable of a lot, so the decided opinion of the EPP parliamentary group leader - and that includes “killing people”. According to this, Navalny is still in great danger - even on German soil. Because here too, agents of the Russian secret service have already managed to carry out their murder orders several times.
Vladimir Putin in 2006 at a shooting range in the new headquarters of the Russian secret service in Moscow. (Archive image)
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At Bild Live , Kasparov , who himself lives in exile , also speaks Tacheles: “While we are talking, Putin continues to kill”, because there have been cases in which people have been poisoned several times. Around a year ago, a Georgian ex-military man was murdered in the Kleiner Tiergarten in Berlin - presumably also on behalf of the Kremlin. Trittin, on the other hand, assures on the show that Navalny is well protected in his intensive care bed by the Berlin state police and the BKA .
The suspicion is strong that the #Nawalny case is another state murder. He is part of a series of attacks on Russian oppositionists and defectors. It is good and right to offer Navalny medical help from #Germany and treat him here.
- Norbert Röttgen (@n_roettgen) August 21, 2020Whether Putin is planning a new attack or not - he seems to have achieved one thing for sure: Nalwalny is now politically out of bounds . His confidant, Bizilj, reckons that if he survives the poisoning , he will not be able to participate in the election campaign for weeks. It would also be highly doubtful whether he would return to Russia "at risk of death " , said Bizilj .
Russia receives signal: Merkel appoints Navalny as "state guest"
At the weekend, Chancellor Angela Merkel * prepared Navalny's export from Omsk in Siberia and officially declared the Kremlin opponent to be a “state guest”. Many German politicians, such as Norbert Röttgen , support their decision via Twitter. A sign for the Russian government to a murder attempt on Navalny would also risk a conflict with Germany. (cos) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.