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Navalny case: Lukashenko's "evidence" against Merkel now public? Grüner railed against "poisoners"

2020-09-05T14:09:24.028Z


The Merkel government is now certain about the case of the Kremlin critic Alexej Navalny: He was poisoned. Moscow countered and blamed Germany.


The Merkel government is now certain about the case of the Kremlin critic Alexej Navalny: He was poisoned.

Moscow countered and blamed Germany.

  • The Russian opposition politician

    Alexei Navalny

     has

    been poisoned

    with a chemical

    nerve

    agent.

  • As government

    spokesman Steffen Seibert announced

    , the substance was

    unequivocally detected

    by a

    special laboratory at

    the

    Charité

    University

    Hospital

  • US President Donald Trump has spoken about the Navalny case.

    He does not see the poison attack as proven (see update from September 5, 7:22 a.m.).

Update from September 5, 3:50 p.m.:

In the

Navalny

case,

the

Greens

are

now also putting pressure on the

federal government of Chancellor Angela Merkel

: Ex-party leader

Cem Özdemir

said in an interview published on Saturday with the

Berliner Zeitung

that Germany had to do the pipeline project North "End stream 2 once and for all".

Project partner Russia is not only a "gas seller, but also a poisoner".

In a tweet, the Green added that the

Kremlin

no longer deserves trust.

Germany must represent its values, he indicated.

Specifically, Özdemir called for a "value-oriented realpolitik in foreign policy".

We need a value-oriented realpolitik in foreign policy, especially when dealing with #Putin.

The #Kreml has not earned our trust for a long time, # NordStream2 belongs to the end.

We have to create energy security through #renewables.

https://t.co/bx9dazQGar

- Cem Özdemir (@cem_oezdemir) September 5, 2020

Navalny case: Lukashenko's “evidence” against Merkel and Germany now public?

Update from September 5, 11:05 a.m.: Of all things,

the Belarusian

ruler Alexander Lukashenko

had claimed on Wednesday that he had evidence that the

poison attack on Alexej Navalny was

only fake - as evidence, an allegedly intercepted phone call between Berlin and Warsaw was used.

The

picture

now wants to have received the conversation in full.

The translation reads strange in parts.

For example, the interviewee on the German side is said to have

replied

to a question from Poland about the

validity of the evidence

: “Listen.

In this situation it is not so important.

We are at war ... And in times of war various methods are in order. ”The finished materials for Navalny will now be handed over to“ the administration of the Chancellor ”.

Lukashenko himself is also mentioned in the conversation, which the paper assessed as a clear fake.

Lukashenko

has turned out to be a “tough nut”, explains the alleged Polish interlocutor: “They are professionals and organized.

Sure, they are supported by Russia.

The officials and the military are loyal to the President.

We're still working. "

Navalny case: Röttgen makes clear demands on Merkel - an end to solo efforts and an end to Nord Stream

Update from September 5, 10.30 a.m.:

Is Germany pursuing a Russia strategy that is counterproductive in the Navalny case?

CDU Chancellor candidate Norbert Röttgen *

has asked Chancellor and party colleague

Angela Merkel

to change course.

"There can only be a common European strategy towards Russia if Germany and France give up going it alone," he told the

Rheinische Post

.

France should no longer rely on a bilateral strategic partnership with Russia.

"The linchpin for a common European strategy is not to finish Nord Stream 2," demanded Röttgen.

"If Nord Stream 2 were to be completed, the vile poisoning of Alexey Navalny, which broke the barrel, would have no consequences." A stronger encouragement for Putin's policy is not conceivable.

Navalny case: Trump expresses himself after information from Germany - "we have not yet received any evidence"

Update from September 5, 7.22 a.m

.: US President Donald Trump does not see the

poison attack

on

Alexej Navalny

as proven.

"We haven't got any

evidence

yet, but I'll take a look," Trump said at a press conference in Washington on Friday.

Germany had previously informed its NATO allies, including the USA, that Navalny had been

exposed to

a neurotoxin from the

Novichok group

.

Trump said he had no specific

information

on the case.

"I don't know exactly what happened," said the

US president

.

"I think it's tragic, it's terrible, it shouldn't have happened." According to Germany, it appears to be the case that Navalny was poisoned.

"I would be very angry if that were the case," the US President continued.

He said nothing about the possible consequences, but emphasized that he was "far harder on

Russia

than anyone else".

Trump also highlighted the ongoing negotiations with Moscow on the control of

nuclear weapons

.

"That's the most important thing," said Trump.

The federal government announced on Wednesday that Navalny had been poisoned "beyond any doubt" with a chemical nerve agent from the so-called Novitschok group.

The poison was developed by Soviet scientists in the 1970s.

Navalny poisoned: Germany and France demand an explanation from Russia

Update from September 4, 7:54 p.m.:

In a joint statement,

Germany

and

France

once again asked

Russia

to

clarify

the poisoning of

Alexander Navalny

.

"Those responsible for this heinous act must be found and brought to justice". The two Foreign Ministers

Heiko Maas

and

Jean-Yves Le Drian

were dismayed by the attack on

Navalny

, which was a "very serious violation of the fundamental principles of democracy and political pluralism “Represent.

The Austrian counterpart

Alexander Schallenberg also

called for immediate clarification and unrestricted cooperation with the

chemical weapons ban organization

.

A short time later, the Russian ambassador in Vienna,

Dimitri Lyubinski

, was summoned.

A spokeswoman for the Foreign Minister said that

Austria's

position, which was in line with the EU line, was

clearly communicated to him.

Lyubinsky

then

expressed himself

negative to the

Russian state agency Tass

.

"In

view of the lack of information, facts and concrete data on the part of

Germany,

I consider the request made

in the direction of

Russia

for a quick, transparent and comprehensive clarification

to be inappropriate," he said.

Update from September 4, 4:18 p.m.:

The

Navalny

case has shown it again:

Oppositionists

live

dangerously

in

Vladimir Putin's Russia

.

The call for consequences is getting louder and louder - but can

Germany and the EU

even influence Putin?

One expert comes up with a sobering answer to this question.

He attested Chancellor Angela Merkel "hypocritical" actions.

Navalny case: Merz calls for a "clear answer" to Russia - "immediately"

Update September 4, 16:10:

The

CDU politician Friedrich Merz

has for the poison attack on the Russian

opposition politician Alexei Navalny

a two-year freeze on the

Baltic Sea gas pipeline Nord Stream 2

required.

In spite of "some concerns", the

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

quoted the

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

on Friday from a message from Merz

that he had considered the construction of the pipeline, which is about to be completed, to be correct

.

A “clear and unambiguous answer is now necessary”.

Merz referred to the "renewed use of the neurotoxin Novitschok, the production of which is also prohibited by international law in Russia" and the

apparent attempted murder

with this poison.

The

European Union

should "have a construction freeze for the next two years with immediate effect".

During this time,

Europe

must work on “gradually reducing its dependence on Russian oil and gas”.

Merz is one of three applicants for the chairmanship of the CDU.

His

opponent Armin Laschet

sees the situation differently

.

"Today is not the day to say: We have to take this or that measure," he said on Friday in Düsseldorf.

The debate among several of the leading figures in the Left Party takes a different direction: Gregor Gysi, Klaus Ernst and Co. openly doubt Vladimir Putin's involvement in the poisoning of Navalny - and some of them are reaping incomprehension from their own ranks.

Navalny poisoned: NATO is now making demands on Russia

Update September 4, 15:10:

The

NATO

is now directed in the

case Navalny

open

claims on Russia

: The North Atlantic Alliance has the

government of Vladimir Putin

prompted to allow an "impartial" international investigation.

Moscow must also

"fully disclose

the program on the Novichok

neurotoxin to

the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, OVCW,

" said

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

on Friday after a special session: "There are now serious questions that Russia must answer."

The

30 NATO members

condemned the “horrific assassination attempt” on Navalny “in the strongest possible terms,” said Stoltenberg.

Stoltenberg did not want to speculate

about

possible sanctions against Russia

.

Consultations between the allies and also with other organizations continued, he said.

Germany briefed Allies on their specialists' findings in the poisoning of Alexey Navalny.

All #NATO Allies condemn this attack.

We call on Russia to provide complete disclosure of the Novichok program to @OPCW & to cooperate with an impartial, international investigation.

pic.twitter.com/kUTh3ntrPe

- Jens Stoltenberg (@jensstoltenberg) September 4, 2020

In the meantime, more than a hundred MEPs have called for an international investigation with the participation of the

United Nations

after the poison attack on Navalny

.

Also,

EU Council President Charles Michel

has condemned the poison attack on the Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny on Friday and announced a debate on consequences.

Navalny case: Russian doctor expresses next daring thesis - Merkel's spokesman no longer rules out harsh consequences

Update from September 4th, 1:25 p.m.:

A

Russian doctor

has

put forward

another daring thesis on the reasons for the illness of the

Kremlin critic Alexej Navalny

: Diets, stress or fatigue said the

toxicologist Alexander Sabayev

on Friday in Omsk.

Navalny had been on a diet, "even a lack of breakfast" could have caused his health to deteriorate, he said.

Sabayev insisted that

no poison was

found

in his samples

at

Navalny

.

Meanwhile, the federal government is

apparently no longer

ruling out the consequences for

the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline

.

Government spokesman Steffen Seibert

did

not want to repeat

an earlier statement by

Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU)

on Friday

that the Navalny case and the future of Nord Stream 2 must be seen separately.

The public


will be informed at a given point in time what a reaction will look like, said Seibert.

Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is

now also calling for an

explanation

from

Russia

.

"The results of the careful investigation unfortunately confirm the worst fears: Navalny was badly poisoned with the aim of silencing him," Steinmeier told the newspapers of the

editorial network Germany,

according to a preliminary report on Friday

.

"The most pressing questions are now addressed to the government in Moscow."

Navalny poisoned?

Russia does not investigate - court approves authorities

Update from September 4, 11:34 a.m

.: After the poisoning of the

Kremlin critic Alexej Navalny

, a

Russian court confirmed

the actions of the authorities who have not yet started an

investigation

into the case.

The judges in

Moscow

rejected a complaint from

lawyer Navalnys

on Friday

, as the state agency

Tass

reported.

His application was examined within the legally stipulated period and passed on to the responsible investigative authorities.

The

opposition's

team

filed

a

complaint

shortly after Navalny lost consciousness on a domestic flight from Siberia to Moscow about two weeks ago and was taken to a hospital.

The police in Tomsk, Siberia, then initiated “preliminary investigations”.

Navalny case: Kremlin defends non-investigations - mutual legal assistance request in Germany

The

Kremlin

had recently defended the police’s approach to investigating only when it was established that Navalny had actually been poisoned.

The

Public Prosecutor's Office

has not seen any evidence of this, but has

submitted a request for

legal assistance in

Germany

.

The federal government with Chancellor

Angela Merkel (CDU) announced

on Wednesday after investigations by a special laboratory of the armed forces that they saw it as proven beyond doubt that Navalny had been poisoned.

Doctors in the Siberian city of Omsk, where Navalny was being treated, said on Friday that the

44-year-old

had had digestive and nutritional problems for five to seven days before the incident.

The doctors had previously spoken of metabolic disorders.

FDP parliamentary group vice-Lambsdorff: Attack on Navalny is a sign of weakness

Update from September 4, 10:41 a.m.:

The

FDP parliamentary group

deputy

Alexander Graf Lambsdorff

sees the poisoning of the Russian oppositionist

Alexej Navalny

as a sign of the nervousness of the perpetrators.

"By eliminating an oppositionist, you try to intimidate all other critics and oppositionists and keep them from doing their work," said Lambsdorff of the

Passauer Neue Presse

.

"But for me, the Navalny case shows how nervous the perpetrators must be," he said. 

“In the Kremlin you can see the protests in Belarus against the fake election, in Khabarovsk people have been taking to the streets against the government in Moscow for weeks.

The rulers in the Kremlin still remember the nationwide protests of 2018 against plans for pension reform, ”Lambsdorff said.

"The attack on Navalny is therefore not a sign of strength, but rather of uncertainty and weakness." When asked whether the

trail led to the Kremlin

,

Lambsdorff said

: "Unfortunately there is a lot to be

said

for it."

Meanwhile, the focus is still on Angela Merkel.

The Chancellor must act now, demands, among other things, the

Munich Merkur

* in a comment.

Poison attack on Andrei Navalny: EU calls sanctions against Russia possible

Update of 4 September, 9:44

: The

EU

checks for the poison attack on the Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny their future dealings with Russia.

The

EU foreign affairs representative Josep Borrell

described

sanctions against Moscow

as a possible option

on Thursday evening

.

Borrell said the EU condemned "the attempted murder" of Navalny "in the strongest possible terms".

The Russian government must "do everything possible to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into this crime."

The

Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

, Fernando Arias, stressed in The Hague that the Navalny case was "cause for serious concern".

According to the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the use of neurotoxins is classified as “the use of chemical weapons”.

The use of chemical weapons is fundamentally "reprehensible" and violates the "legal norms established by the international community".

The

Russian ambassador in Berlin

, Sergei Nechayev, warned the German government against

“politicizing”

the case.

As long as the situation has not been clarified, he calls on people to "refrain from making preliminary assessments and only rely on the facts," said Nechayev on

ZDF

.

"The allegations that Russia is somehow involved in this process," said the diplomat as misguided.

The case shakes German-Russian relations.

Is the Baltic Sea Pipeline Nordstream 2 * now failing because of the conflict?

Poison attack on Kremlin critics: NATO convenes an unscheduled meeting on the Navalny case

Update September 3, 20:30:

The

NATO

advises on Friday at a special meeting of the North Atlantic Council about the case of the poisoned Kremlin critic

Alexei Navalny

.

A NATO spokeswoman announced on Thursday in Brussels.

Initially, NATO had announced a meeting at ambassador level without giving any details on the agenda.

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg wants to appear in front of the press after the deliberations (around 12.30 p.m.).

The case of the

poisoned Kremlin critic

sparked a widespread debate about how to deal with Russia.

The federal government announced on Wednesday that Navalny had been “undoubtedly” poisoned with a chemical nerve agent.

The Russian opposition member was flown from Russia to Berlin for medical treatment on August 22nd with symptoms of poisoning.

Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU)

condemned the "attempted poisoning" and announced that

an "appropriate" reaction would be decided

together with the

EU

and NATO.

Alleged Lukashenko evidence: Poison attack on Navalny faked by the West - telephone call intercepted?

Update from September 3, 4.15 p.m.:

The Belarusian President

Alexander Lukashenko

says he

has evidence that the poison attack on the Russian Kremlin critic

Alexei Navalny

was faked by the West.

Lukashenko said on Thursday at a televised meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in

Minsk that

his secret services

intercepted

a phone call between

Berlin

and

Warsaw

, which clearly shows this

.

This should prevent Moscow from intervening in

Belarus

.

"There was no poisoning of

Navalny

," Lukashenko said.

"They did it - I quote - to prevent (Russian President Vladimir) Putin from sticking his nose into Belarus' affairs." He did not give any further details, but announced that a transcript of the taped phone call would be available to the Russian secret services deliver.

Lukashenko

has been facing increasing pressure since the controversial presidential election on August 9th.

Tens of thousands of Belarusians have been taking to the streets for weeks against the president, who has ruled for 26 years, accusing him of

election fraud

and calling for new elections.

Putin had promised Lukashenko military support last week if the situation worsened.

NATO called on

Russia

not to interfere in the affairs of the neighboring country.

Absurd accusation from Russia: Merkel government allegedly poisoned Navalny - "I'm sure that is exactly what happened"

Update from September 3, 3:18 p.m.:

Federal Defense Minister

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

sharply attacked

the Russian leadership around President

Vladimir Putin

after the poison attack on the Kremlin critic

Alexej Navalny

.

"We want good relations with the Russian people, but we have to see the

Putin system for

what it is - an aggressive regime that tries without scruples to enforce its interests by means of violence and repeatedly violates the international rules of conduct," said they of the "

Rheinische Post

".

"The

Navalny case

fits in with the behavior that we know from

Putin

and his regime," said

Kramp-Karrenbauer

.

Again and again there is news that Russia is deliberately

violating

the

airspace of

the

Baltic states

.

“Sweden reports on Russian submarines near Swedish islands.

We know the violent crackdown by Russia in Ukraine. ”The CDU chairwoman said that it is well known that the Russian leadership is eliminating critics at home and abroad.

This has now been confirmed by the

Navalny case

and has once again become visible to everyone.

Navalny case: Kramp-Karrenbauer sharply criticizes Russia

Kramp-Karrenbauer described

Nawalny's poisoning

as "proof that

chemical warfare agents

are used

in Russia against people who stand up for their democratic rights and criticize the incumbent president,

namely substances that are banned worldwide".

The leadership in Moscow is "on the same level with those who have used chemical warfare agents against their own civilian population in Syria in the past," she said, referring to the Syrian ruler

Bashar al-Assad

.

Update from September 3, 12:53 p.m

.: "There is no reason to blame the Russian state," said

Kremlin spokesman

Dmitri Peskov in the Navalny

case

to journalists in Moscow.

He warned the

West not

to rush to conclusions and

impose sanctions

.

Despite the apparently

attempted poisoning of

the Russian opposition politician

Alexej Navalny

*

(see original report)

, the

FDP vice-chairman Wolfgang Kubicki has

warned against a quick

halt to construction on

the German-Russian gas pipeline

Nord Stream 2

.

"I am skeptical that we should question a project of this magnitude in the current phase of our findings," said Kubicki, who is also

Bundestag

Vice-

President

, on

Deutschlandfunk

on Thursday

.

Depending on the development, it could be that the construction will not be completed.

+

The FDP vice-chairman Wolfgang Kubicki (archive photo) gave an interview to “Deutschlandfunk” on the case of the Kremlin critic Andrej Navalny.

© Patrick Pleul / ZB / dpa

Attempted poisoning of Kremlin critic Navalny: Kubicki

Kubicki believes it is possible that the crime was carried out without the Kremlin being involved.

He made it

clear

on

Deutschlandfunk

that he “does not want to believe that (President)

Vladimir Putin

or the government in general is behind this attack” and said: “There are also forces in the Russian administration, some of which have a

life of their own

.”

The Russian government must now

clarify

the

background

and bring those responsible to

account

, Kubicki continued.

“My hope is that Putin himself will document that it did not happen at his behest, that it did not happen under his aegis.

Should it be otherwise, should we not get any reasonable explanations from Russia, we

will experience

an

ice age

between Germany and Russia over

the next few weeks, months and years

. ”Should President Putin or the Kremlin themselves be behind the act, there must be

economic

sanctions.

"If we do not get any reasonable explanations from Russia, we will experience an ice age between Germany and Russia in the next weeks, months and years," emphasizes Wolfgang Kubicki (@fdp) on Deutschlandfunk.

- Deutschlandfunk (@DLF) September 3, 2020

Absurd accusation from Russia: Merkel government allegedly poisoned Navalny - "I'm sure that is exactly what happened"

Update from September 3, 10.15 a.m.:

The day before, Chancellor Angela

Merkel

had poisoned

Kremlin

critic Alexey

Navalny *

condemned and admonished in the direction of

Russia

, saying: "The

Russian government

must now answer questions".

The counterattack from

Moscow

was not long in coming.

In Russia one now rejects all guilt and turns the tables unceremoniously.

Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Peskov said, according to

Bild in

the evening in Moscow: Even before Navalny was transported to Germany, "a whole complex of analyzes was carried out in our country, in which no toxic substances were identified."

Navalny poisoned in Germany?

Russia with violent allegations against the Merkel government

Since in Germany "the unequivocal proof" of a chemical

nerve

warfare agent was provided at Navalny

, the statement made by Russia means in reverse conclusion:

According to Russia, the Kremlin critic is said to have been poisoned in Germany.

Latest news on Navalny poisoning: Russia accuses employees of the Berlin Charité

This conclusion is made clear by the Duma deputy

Andrei Lugovoi

according to the report to the

Tass

news agency

.

He even

blamed

the employees of the

Berlin Charité

directly

: “A nurse, a doctor could administer the substance if they really wanted to bring Navalny into contact with a toxic substance in some way.

I am sure that is exactly what happened

. "

Ivan Ridionov, the chief strategist of the Russian state broadcaster RT Deutsch, is also suggesting this notch.

According to his statement, Merkel's government was “urgently requested to explain the Novitschok Fund.

Who had access to the patient after landing in Berlin? ”.

The Russian Foreign Office spokeswoman Maria Sakharova even went a step further and indicated that Germany's anti-Russian action had been planned in advance.

According to the picture, she spoke of a script that had been written before the poisoning.

Navalny poisoned!

CDU man tellingly on ZDF: "The murder weapon says everything about the perpetrator ..."

Update of 3 Septmeber, 6:59

: In

case Navalny

CDU foreign policy expert urges

Norbert Röttgen

a tough European response.

"Now we have again been brutally confronted with the inhuman reality of the

Putin regime

," said the chairman of the Bundestag's Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday in the

"Tagesthemen" on ARD

.

This is not a German-Russian issue.

There had to be a clear, tough and uniform European answer to this.

It was a "painful, slow, public death", said CDU politician @n_roettgen, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, on the case of # Navalny.

The Nord Stream 2 project must be put on hold as a “common European response”.

pic.twitter.com/Yqtpe9NeBI

- ZDF heute journal (@heutejournal) September 2, 2020

"Everything has to be put to the test," Röttgen emphasized.

If the

Nord Stream 2

gas project were to be completed now

, that would be the maximum confirmation and encouragement for

Vladimir Putin

to continue with precisely this policy, said Röttgen.

There is only one language that Putin understands.

That is why we have to talk about natural gas, gas procurement and the non-completion of the pipeline.

Röttgen (CDU) on ZDF on the Navalny and Putin case: "The murder weapon says it all"

Röttgen also called for an end to the special relationship between the

Élysée Palace

and the

Kremlin

, between French President

Emmanuel Macron

and

Putin

.

It is up to leading countries that Europe pursues an active foreign policy towards Russia.

Röttgen recalled that Nord Stream 2 had been implemented against the majority of European countries.

"The murder weapon says everything, by the way, the crime scene also says everything and the victim also says everything about the perpetrator," said Röttgen also in the

ZDF "heute journal"

.

Something like that will be decided above.

Röttgen said: "This is top politics." The Kremlin will deny everything.

On ARD, Röttgen emphasized that he had “long considered the strategic partnership with Russia to be a dream”.

+

Norbert Röttgen (CDU)

© Christoph Soeder / dpa

Navalny poisoned: Merkel condemns action “in the strongest possible way” - consultations on further steps against Russia

Update from September 2, 2020, 7:10 p.m.: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

wants to

discuss possible consequences with Germany and all other allies

after the poisoning of the

Kremlin critic Alexej Navalny, which was

proven by a Bundeswehr laboratory

.

"NATO sees any use of chemical weapons as a threat to international peace and security," said Stoltenberg on Wednesday evening in Brussels.

Meanwhile, has

Russian Embassy in Berlin

, the German government against a "politicization" of the case

Navalny

warned.

"We call on our partners to avoid any politicization of this incident and to rely solely on credible facts, which we hope will be delivered as soon as possible," said a statement published on Wednesday evening.

In it, the embassy also calls on the federal government to provide a “timely response” to a request for legal assistance from last week, in which information was asked about the German investigation results.

"We expect full cooperation and information exchange, including the existing bilateral legal mechanisms."

Chancellor #Merkel: Alexej #Nawalny was the victim of a crime, he should be silenced.

The federal government condemns this very strongly.

We expect the Russian government to agree to this.

pic.twitter.com/Tu5LKI4Caf

- Steffen Seibert (@RegSsprecher) September 2, 2020

The Kremlin has agreed to cooperate on the Navalny case

Update from September 2, 2020, 7:10 p.m.:

The

Kremlin

has agreed to cooperate fully following the accusations of the German government.

"We are ready and interested in fully cooperating and exchanging information on this issue with Germany," said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, according to the Russian news

agency RIA Novosti

.

After evidence of poisoning near

Navalny

, the

US government has also

"expressed deep concern".

The White House spokesman for the National Security Council, John Ullyot, said on Twitter on Wednesday: "

Alexei Navalny's poisoning

is utterly reprehensible." He announced that the US would work with allies and the international community to bring those responsible in

Russia

to justice to draw - "wherever the evidence leads".

Russia has the right to express its views peacefully and without fear of retaliation.

Navalny Foundation: Only the Russian state can have poisoned Kremlin critics

Update from September 2, 2020, 6:21 p.m.:

The

director of the anti-corruption foundation FBK

from

Kremlin critic Alexej Navalny

has blamed the Russian state for poisoning the opposition with a chemical nerve agent.

“Only the state can use Novichok,” wrote Iwan Schadnow on Twitter on Wednesday.

That would be "without a doubt" certain.

The federal government had previously stated that

a substance from the so-called Novitschok group had been detected

in

Navalny's

body.

According to Schadnow, the

Russian secret service FSB

and the military secret service GRU could carry out such an act.

In a radio interview, he said that the use of "chemical warfare agents" made it clear that the attack was organized by the state.

"Therefore we of course demand the initiation of criminal proceedings and a normal investigation of all the circumstances of the poisoning."

The Russian scientist Leonid Rink, who, according to the state media, is said to have worked on a government-supported program to develop Novitschok, rejected the possibility of a Novitschok deployment at

Navalny

.

If the substance had been used on the opposition, he would be dead and not in a coma, said Rink of the state news agency Ria Novosti.

Navalny was poisoned: Merkel condemns the action “in the strongest possible way” - consultations with the EU and NATO about further steps against Russia

Update on 2 September 2020 17:37:

Chancellor Angela Merkel

noted in a PK on the case

Navalny

expressed.

The special laboratory of the Bundeswehr had unequivocally determined that Navalny was poisoned.

“He should be silenced, I condemn it in the strongest possible terms on behalf of the Federal Government.” Merkel also spoke with

Federal President Steinmeier

about the new findings, and the parliamentary groups in the Bundestag and the Russian Ambassador were also informed.

"The

Russian government

now has to answer questions," explains the Chancellor.

"The world will wait for answers." Together with

NATO

and the

EU

, the next steps will now be discussed, because "The crime against Navalny is directed against the basic values ​​that we stand for."

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Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) speaks to the media in the Chancellery during a statement on the latest developments in the case of the Russian government critic Navalny.

© Markus Schreiber / AP POOL / dpa

Navalny was poisoned!

Merkel spokesman announces the result of the investigation - "Unequivocal evidence"

First report from September 2, 2020:

Berlin - In the present in Germany in treating Russian government critic

Alexei Navalny

was, according to the

federal government

, "the unequivocal evidence" of a chemical

nerve substance

from the

Nowitschok group

provided.

Government

spokesman Steffen Seibert

said

on Wednesday in Berlin.

At the instigation of the

Berlin Charité

where Navalny is being treated, one had

special laboratory

of the

Bundeswehr

a toxicological examination carried out on the basis of samples Nawalnys. 

Statement by the federal government in the #Nawalny case.

https://t.co/QzFIgdnLUs pic.twitter.com/ZBTLlJo4M4

- Steffen Seibert (@RegSsprecher) September 2, 2020

Kremlin critic Navalny poisoned: Merkel government demands an explanation from Putin

"It is a

shocking occurrence

that Alexei Navalny was the victim of an attack with a chemical nerve agent in Russia," said Seibert.

“The federal government condemns this attack in the strongest possible terms.

The Russian government is urged to explain itself to the process. "

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The Charité in Berlin, where Alexej Navalny is currently being treated - according to the latest information from the federal government after poisoning.

© Kay Nietfeld / dpa

The Foreign Office will

inform

the

Ambassador of Russia

about the results of the investigation and the German government will

inform

its partners in the

EU

and

NATO

about them.

“The federal government will also contact the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OVCW),” said Seibert.

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Putin critic Alexei Navalny (archive picture) is in the hospital.

© Pavel Golovkin / AP / dpa

Navalny case: Putin government called doctors' opinion on Kremlin critics "hasty"

Navalny, who suddenly fell into a

coma

on a flight in his home country on August 20

and was initially

examined

in

Omsk

, is being treated at the Charité at the urging of his family.

After evaluating clinical findings, the German doctors assumed that Navalny had been poisoned.

The

Russian government

with President

Vladimir Putin

had described the assessment as

rash

.

(

dpa / AFP / frs

)

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Video: Novitschok - What is behind the deadly warfare agent?

List of rubric lists: © Pavel Golovkin / dpa

Source: merkur

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