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Navalny surprises everyone: Kremlin critic reports from Charité - spokeswoman announces astonishing plan

2020-09-17T20:32:08.978Z


The police have stepped up security for Alexei Navalny to protect him from another attack. The Kremlin critic is now speaking for the first time.


The police have stepped up security for Alexei Navalny to protect him from another attack.

The Kremlin critic is now speaking for the first time.

  • According to the federal government, the Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a chemical nerve agent.

  • But Russia is now accusing Germany of delaying the investigation of the attack - the tone of Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD) towards the Kremlin is now becoming sharper.

  • International laboratories in France and Sweden have now confirmed Navalny findings.

Update from September 17, 11.15 a.m.:

The team around Putin critic Navalny now shared a video in which they published explosive details about the poisoning.

Update from September 15, 3:25 p.m.:

Despite the assassination attempt:

Alexej Navalny

wants to go

back to Russia

.

The spokeswoman for the prominent Kremlin critic made it

clear

to the

AFP

news

agency

shortly after the 44-year-old's first public personal sign of life (see update from 12.15 p.m.)

that Navalny definitely wanted to return to Russia after his full recovery.

“That was never in question,” she emphasized.

It was "strange" that people thought Navalny could go into exile, she wrote on Twitter.

Meanwhile

, the

head of the Russian foreign

intelligence

service,

Sergei Naryshkin

, said that Moscow no longer had any

neurotoxins

from

the Novichok group

.

The poisons were destroyed in accordance with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), he told Russian news agencies on Tuesday.

Anyone who claims otherwise is operating “disinformation”.

In addition, Naryschkin confirmed that Navalny had

shown no signs of poisoning

before he was transported to Berlin

.

"The fact is that when Alexei Navalny left Russian soil, there were no toxins in his body," he said.

“That's why we have a lot of questions for the German side.” The doctors in the hospital in

Omsk

saved Navalny's life and carried out several thorough tests and examinations.

According to the federal government, the opposition was "undoubtedly" poisoned with a chemical nerve agent from the so-called Novitschok group, which was developed

in the former Soviet Union

.

Laboratories in France and Sweden have since confirmed the finding.

Navalny surprises everyone: Kremlin critic reports from Charité - and jokes about poisoning

Update from September 15, 12.15 p.m.:

After weeks of treatment in the Berlin Charité, the poisoned Kremlin critic

Alexej Navalny spoke up for the first time on Tuesday

.

“Yesterday I was able to breathe on my own all day”, wrote the 44-year-old on the Internet service Instagram and published a photo of himself.

The Russian opposition was admitted to the Charité on August 22, after collapsing and falling into a coma on a domestic flight in Siberia two days earlier.

Check out this post on Instagram

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A post shared by Алексей Навальный (@navalny) on Sep 15, 2020 at 2:38 am PDT

“Hello, this is Navalny.

I missed you, ”the message published in Nawalnys continued.

"I still can hardly do anything, but yesterday I was breathing on my own all day." A photo showed the 44-year-old sitting visibly weak on his sick bed and being hugged by his wife Julia.

His two children were also there.

Apparently Navalny was joking again.

He wrote about his poisoning: “I really liked it.

I highly recommend it."

Navalny's condition improves - poisoned Kremlin critic is able to get out of bed temporarily

Update from September 14th, 3:11 p.m.:

The health of the Kremlin critic

Alexej

Navalny

has

continued to improve

, according to

the

Charité

hospital in

Berlin

.

He no longer has to be ventilated and can temporarily leave his hospital bed, the

Charité announced

on Monday in Berlin.

In addition, the clinic is coordinating with him for the first time which information about his condition may go to the media.

She had

discussed

this with

Navalny's

wife beforehand.

International laboratories confirm Novichok poisoning of Navalny

Update from September 14th, 2:43 p.m.:

Just like

Chancellor Angela Merkel

(CDU) before,

French President Emmanuel Macron described

the poison attack on Russian opposition politician

Alexej Navalny

as an "attempted murder".

Macron

urged the Russian head of state

Vladimir Putin

during a phone call on Monday to "fully clarify" the case, as the

presidential office in Paris announced

.

Laboratories in France, Sweden and Germany confirmed the poisoning of the Russian opposition activist.

Germany

has its "full solidarity" in this case, stressed the President.

Update from September 14th, 10:47 am:

As

government

spokesman

Steffen Seibert

explained, "three

laboratories

have now

independently provided evidence of a

nerve agent

from the

Novitschok group

as the

cause of the poisoning

of Mr.

Navalny

" (

see update from September 14th, 10.13 am

).

According to Seibert,

Germany made

"samples from Mr. Navalny" available to special laboratories in France and Sweden.

The results "are now available and

confirm the German evidence,

" the government spokesman continued.

Another

investigation is being carried out

by the

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

.

The OPCW had "

taken samples from Mr. Navalny

and initiated the necessary steps to have them examined by reference laboratories of the OPCW," said Seibert.

International laboratories confirm Novichok poisoning of Navalny - German government makes demands on Russia

Update of 14 September, 10:13:

As the Chancellor's Office now tells two international have now after the Bundeswehr

laboratories

a

Nowitschok poisoning

of Russian opposition politician

Alexei Navalny

confirmed.

The

federal government

had the

German laboratory findings

on the

poisoning of

Nawalnys checked in other EU countries.

Laboratories in France and Sweden have confirmed the findings in independent studies, said government spokesman Steffen Seibert in Berlin.

The

German government

reiterated its demand "that

Russia

declare

itself

to the events"

Explanation on the case #Nawalny: The federal government included the @OPCW in the analysis of evidence.

In addition, two other international laboratories have shown that a nerve agent from the Novitschok group was the cause of the poisoning.

pic.twitter.com/oCZ0SAqyzV

- Steffen Seibert (@RegSsprecher) September 14, 2020

Navalny poisoning: Germany criticizes sharply - supporters achieve election success

Update from September 14th, 7:32 a.m.:

After the

poisoning of the Russian opposition politician Alexej Navalny

in the

Siberian city of Tomsk

, his supporters

achieved a success

there in the

local elections

.

According to preliminary information, two of Nawalny's employees made it

into the city council

.

The city is about 2900 kilometers east of

Moscow as the

crow flies

.

The

Kremlin Party United Russia

lost

the majority in the city parliament with its 37 seats

in

Tomsk

.

After counting all ballot papers, the

dominant party

in

Russia

achieved

24.47 percent.

That corresponded to 11 seats.

Before he was

poisoned,

Navalny

had promoted his

"smart voting" strategy

in the city

.

He called for any candidate to be chosen - just not that of the

Kremlin Party

.

The opposition's goal is

to break the United Russia's

monopoly on power

.

The plan worked in the

Tomsk

case

, according to the preliminary results.

Navalny

was also

successful

in

Moscow

in last year's city council elections.

Navalny poisoning: Germany criticizes - Russia threatens sanctions

Update of 12 September, 15:54

: For days superior German politicians across party lines, whether in the case of

poisoned government critic Alexei Navalny

against

sanctions

to impose against Russia.

Chancellor Angela Merkel also recently did not rule out this option entirely.

The

announcement came

from

Moscow

that the corresponding sanctions would not be left unanswered.

"We will of course react," said Russia's

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

on the state television broadcaster Rossiya 1. "This cannot go without a reaction." Lavrov left it open exactly how this should turn out.

The Russian Foreign Ministry recently spoke of “baseless attacks” on

Russia

and a “disinformation campaign”.

Update from September 11th, 6:51 p.m

.: According to information from the news magazine Spiegel, the investigations indicate that the

Kremlin

could have been involved

in the poisoning of

Navalny

.

Accordingly, after the investigation of the toxin used, the indications condensed that only the Russian state apparatus could obtain such a complex

chemical composition

.

Der Spiegel also reported that it was apparently planned that Navalny should die on board the plane -

German security authorities were

currently

assuming this

.

It was only thanks to the courageous intervention of the pilot that Navalny was still alive - it was only through the emergency landing that immediate, life-saving treatment became possible.

Navalny case: Current hour in the Bundestag on the consequences of Navalny's poisoning

Update from September 11th, 6:27 p.m

.: In addition to Jürgen Hardt (CDU, see update from 5:14 p.m.), Johann Saathoff (SPD) as well as Manuel Sarrazin (Greens) and AfD party leader Tino Chrupalla spoke in the Bundestag.

While Saathoff demanded "quick, transparent, clear clarification" from Russia, Sarrazin called on the German government to take a tougher course against Moscow.

Chrupalla had attested to the federal government that the allegations against Russia were being harnessed for the interests of the USA.

Update from September 11th, 5:14 pm

: In a recent hour in the Bundestag, Jürgen Hardt (CDU) doubted that Russia is interested in an investigation and accused the Russian Federation of "

fogging tactics

".

He considers the Nordstream 2 project to be uneconomical - canceling the project could possibly change attitudes in Russia.

Nevertheless, it is currently still necessary to give Russia a chance to clarify.

Government on Navalny case: Russia already has what it takes to investigate

Update from September 11th, 4:21 pm:

In the dispute over the case of the poisoned Kremlin critic

Alexej Navalny

, demands were made on the part of Moscow that Russia must be involved in the investigation on German soil.

Words ranging from cautious to negative came from Germany.

Russia already has "everything necessary to carry out investigations," said government spokesman Steffen Seibert.

According to the Russian state agency

Tass

, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov

reacted to

these statements

with incomprehension.

"Which legal steps should be taken when and on what legal basis", other states would not have to prescribe Russia, Peskow is quoted as saying.

"We don't like that."

Navalny case: Russians want access to Kremlin critics - Germany reacts negatively

Update from September 11th, 2:43 p.m.:

After the

Russian police

announced

that they wanted to question

the poisoned

Kremlin critic Alexej Navalny

in Germany, according to the federal government, no corresponding request has yet arrived from Moscow.

“The federal government has not received a request from the Russian authorities,” said government spokesman Steffen Seibert on Friday in Berlin.

He also added that Russia already had “everything necessary to conduct an investigation”.

Meanwhile, the Berlin public prosecutor was tasked

with providing

legal assistance to Russia

in the Navalny case.

Update from September 11, 12.24 p.m.:

The

Russian police

want to

monitor

the investigation into the

Navalny

case

.

To do this, they want to

request

an interview with the poisoned Kremlin critic in

Germany

.

The Siberian police said Friday that the government wants Russian investigators

Alexei Navalny

and other witnesses to be able to ask “clarifying questions”.

The investigators also want to accompany their German colleagues in their investigations.

Navalny should be able to remember details: Police tighten security measures - fear of another attack

Update from September 10, 11:38 a.m.:

New developments in the

Navalny

case

: According to information from

Spiegel

, the Berlin

State

Criminal Police Office has

tightened

its security measures for the

Russian opposition politician

.

There are now more officials to ensure the safety of Navalny.

The control density was also increased.

The reason for the new measures is the constantly improving

health condition of Navalnys

.

On Monday he was awakened from the artificial coma and was responsive again.



Der

Spiegel

assumes that the

police in Berlin

want to prevent

further

assassination attempts

.

According to joint research by

Bellingcat

and

Der Spiegel

, the opposition politician should be able to speak again and can presumably remember details before his collapse on board the plane.

"His statements could be dangerous for the people behind the attack," speculates the magazine.

After the poison attack on Navalny: Russia raises serious allegations against Germany - "Dear Mr. Maas ..."

Update from September 7th, 5:10 p.m.:

The Russian National Medical Association has apparently contacted the German Medical Association (BÄK) in the case of the poisoned Kremlin critic Alexej Navalny, who has since been woken up from an artificial coma.

As the

Deutsches Ärzteblatt

reported on Monday, the Russian side is said to have made a proposal to set up a joint commission made up of representatives of the National Medical Association of Russia and the BÄK.

Bringing in toxicologists from other countries would also be an option.

The

Deutsches Ärzteblatt

quotes from the letter that the aim of the Russian doctors is to make an "impartial final decision" on whether or not Navalny was poisoned.

In the medical world there are "doubts about the conclusion of researchers of the military laboratory of the Bundeswehr about the presence of toxins," writes the Russian Medical Association. 

The German colleagues oppose this.

According to the

Ärzteblatt,

the

BÄK has

backed

the German doctors

.

There is “no doubt” about the quality of the medical examinations carried out by medical colleagues in Germany.

After the poison attack in the Navalny case: Foreign Minister Maas criticizes “another smoke candle” from Russia

Update from September 7th, 8:42 a.m

.: Federal Foreign Minister

Heiko Maas (SPD)

has

rejected allegations of the Russian government

in the conflict over the investigation of the

poison attack

on the Russian opposition politician

Alexej Navalny

.

Maas said on Sunday evening in the

ARD program

“Report from Berlin” that the accusation that Germany was delaying the investigation was “another

smoke candle

”.

The federal government had

"long since agreed"

to a

request for mutual legal assistance from

the Russian public prosecutor's office and had already communicated this to the Russian ambassador in Berlin a week ago.

A left-wing politician, on the other hand, is critical of blame against Russia.

Chancellor Angela Merkel, on the other hand, has repositioned herself and is considering tough sanctions

*

.

Maas on the Navalny case: "Another smoke candle from Moscow" https://t.co/V1JAAhdVHf #Nawalny #Maas #BerichtausBerlin

- tagesschau (@tagesschau) September 6, 2020

Maas asks the Putin government to examine the results of the Navalny clinic in Oms

Maas also referred to ongoing investigations at the

Berlin Charité

, where Navalny is being treated.

Their results have not yet been forwarded to Russia.

Maas emphasized that Russia, for its part, had to hand over its examination results to Germany after Navalny's inpatient treatment in

Omsk,

Siberia

: “Mr Navalny was treated for two days in Russia.

So there are many traces there, investigations that have taken place there, the results are only there, ”said Maas.

Germany had signaled to Moscow that it expected “that a really

terrible crime

, a violation of

international law, will be

solved and that Russia simply cannot withdraw.

If Russia does not contribute to the investigation or if smoke candles continue to be launched, as has been the case for days, then that is another indication that something has to be hidden, ”added Maas.

+

Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD) is putting pressure on the Putin government in the Navalny case.

© Stefanie Loos / AFP Pool / dpa

Kremlin on Navalny case: "Berlin is delaying the investigation"

The spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry,

Maria Sakharova

, had

previously

accused

the

German government of

delaying

the investigation into the Navalny case.

“Berlin is delaying the investigation that it itself is calling for.

On purpose? ”Said Sakharova on the online network

Facebook

.

Sakharova said Berlin did not respond to a request for legal assistance from the Russian public prosecutor's office on August 27.

Dear Mr Maas, if the German government is serious about what you have said, it should be interested in responding to a

request from the Russian Public Prosecutor's Office

as soon as possible,

”added the spokeswoman.

“So far we are not sure whether Germany is not playing a

double game

.” Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) is no longer ruling out sanctions against Russia after the poison attack on Kremlin critic Navalny.

After the poison attack in the Navalny case: Russia accuses Germany of delay - Maas threatens sanction

Update September 6, 21:11:

For the

SPD

chairpersons

Norbert Walter

-

Borjans

a stop would be the pipeline project Nord

Stream 2

in response to the case

Navalny

the wrong way.

With Foreign Minister Heiko

Maas

(SPD) he agreed that after the poisoning of the Russian oppositionist Alexej Navalny one had to discuss effective

sanctions

, said Walter-Borjans on Sunday evening in the ZDF program

Berlin

.

However, these should be targeted.

Since Nord Stream 2 is an infrastructure project and 90 percent of it is completed, a boycott of the project by Germany would not be advisable for the co-chairman of the Social Democrats.

In addition, the pipeline serves its own supply options.

Navalny case: SPD leader Walter-Borjans does not want to "hit the Russian people" with sanctions

According to Walter-Borjans, possible sanctions should primarily target areas such as trade or even personalities “who are active in this regime”.

The politician continued: "We do not want to meet the Russian people, and we do not want to meet, but we also want to take action against those who are obviously the perpetrators of a crime here when we impose sanctions."

Update from September 6, 8:08 p.m.:

The tone between Germany and Russia is slowly getting rougher after the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexej Navalny.

In the

report from Berlin

 on ARD,

Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas renewed

his demand that the Russian government should play an active role in the investigation of the case.

“Russia must participate in the investigation.

So far this has not been the case at all, "said the SPD politician.

Maas also defended himself against allegations from Moscow that the German government was obstructing the investigation.

Navalny case: Foreign Minister Maas strongly defends himself against Russian allegations

Rather, a Russian request for legal assistance had long since been approved.

"When we had a conversation with the Russian ambassador last week, we told him that when he asked," said the foreign minister.

In addition, there is no reason not to agree to the request.

“In this respect, this is another smoke candle, of which we have already seen a few in the last few days.

And I'm afraid there will be others in the next few days, ”said Maas, critically assessing the behavior of the Russian government.

Navalny case: Russia accuses Germany of delay - Maas threatens sanctions

First report from September 6, 2:39 p.m .:

Berlin / Moscow - After the

Kremlin critic Alexej

Navalny

suddenly fell into a coma on a flight in his home country on August 20, he was admitted to the

Berlin Charité

at the insistence of his family

.

A

Bundeswehr

laboratory was

able to detect a nerve agent in his blood.

The federal government regards the fact that Navalny was poisoned to be "beyond any doubt" proven.

"He should be silenced," said

Angela Merkel

.

According to the

Charité

,

Nawalny's

health is still serious.

The symptoms of the proven poisoning are declining, but artificial ventilation in the intensive care unit is still necessary.

Doctors expect the disease to last longer and cannot rule out long-term consequences of the severe poisoning.

The

federal government

calls on Russia to investigate the poison attack.

There are "very serious questions" in the room that only the Russian government can and must clarify, said

Merkel

* in an unusually clear statement.

It also expressed her personal concern.

The crime against

Navalny is

directed "against the fundamental values ​​and rights for which we stand," she said.

"The world will wait for answers."

The

Foreign Office

appointed the Russian Ambassador Sergei Netschajew to call on Russia to undertake a full investigation “with full transparency”.

Russia

must identify those responsible and hold them accountable, said

Foreign Minister Heiko Maas

(SPD).

Navalny case: Greens and FDP bring the end of Nord Stream 2 into discussion

Numerous western states have

expelled

Russian diplomats

.

The Federal Government has spoken out in favor of coordinated action by the Western allies.

Merkel and Maas

said that an "appropriate" response had to be found.

How this turns out, "we will also decide in the light of how Russia behaves," said

Maas

.

Merkel also spoke about the matter

with

Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier

- which makes it clear how important she is.

The federal government also informed the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OVCW) about the laboratory findings.

Russia

has also

acceded to the

Convention for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

.

Against the background of the Nawalny case, more and more politicians are calling for the

Nord Stream 2

project to be stopped

.

"The apparent attempted murder by the mafia-like structures of the Kremlin can no longer just worry us, it must have real consequences," said Green Party leader

Katrin Göring-Eckardt

.

Merkel said on Tuesday that she wanted to complete the project.

FDP party leader

Christian Lindner

said in the

ARD “Morgenmagazin”

: “A regime that organizes poisonous murders * is not a partner for large cooperation projects - not even for pipeline projects.”

“So far, I have been in favor of continuing # Nordstream2 despite some concerns.

But after the poison attack on #Nawalny #Europe has to react.

I propose a two-year construction freeze, i.e. a #moratorium.

#Putin unfortunately only understands this language. ”(Tm) https://t.co/N9kdk81oKI

- Friedrich Merz (@_FriedrichMerz) September 4, 2020

The

Eastern Committee

of German Business spoke out against the cancellation of the

Nord Stream 2

natural gas project

.

"

To react to

the poisoning of

Navalny

with further economic sanctions, which would then again affect completely uninvolved companies and the Russian population, is wrong," said the chairman of the Eastern Committee, Oliver Hermes.

The head of the

Munich Security Conference

, Wolfgang Ischinger, also warned of a boycott of Russia.

“We need

Russia

in climate policy, in

Ukraine policy

, in many other areas.

We cannot now, so to speak, put up a wall between the West and Russia, ”he said in the

ARD“ Morgenmagazin ”

.

Nawalni case: Foreign Minister Maaß threatens for the first time with the end of Nord Stream 2

Even

Foreign Minister Heiko Maas

has for the first time about a possible stop of

Nord Stream 2

spoken.

"If there are

no contributions

on the

Russian side

in the next few days

, we will have to discuss an answer with our partners," writes

Maas on

Twitter.

The

picture on Sunday

said Maas: "In any case, I do not hope that the

Russians

will force us

to change

our stance on

Nord Stream 2.

" The Navalny * case is such a drastic violation of the international

chemical weapons agreement

that it is not without one noticeable reaction could remain.

If there are no contributions on the Russian side to investigate the attack on Mr #Nawalny in the next few days, we will have to discuss an answer with our partners.

The attack is a serious violation of international law.

https://t.co/OJrGJMH0U3

- Heiko Maas 🇪🇺 (@HeikoMaas) September 6, 2020

Maas

emphasized, however, that stopping the almost completed

pipeline

would also damage German and European companies: “Anyone who demands this must be aware of the consequences.

More than 100 companies from twelve European countries are involved

in

Nord Stream 2

, around half of them from Germany. ”Narrowing the debate to

Nord Stream 2

alone

would not do justice to the case, warned the

minister

.

Rather, he called on Russian President

Vladimir Putin

to clarify again: "We have high expectations of the Russian government that they will solve this serious crime,"

Maas

told

the

BamS

.

"If you have nothing to do with the attack, then it is in your own interest to prove it with facts,"

Maas

told

the BamS.

Navalny case: Russia accuses Germany of delaying the investigation

Russia

is now accusing Germany of

blocking

the investigation of the poison attack on

Nawanly

.

“Berlin is delaying the investigation that it itself is calling for.

On purpose? ”Said the spokeswoman for the

Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Sakharova

, on the Facebook online service on Sunday.

Because

Berlin did not respond

to a request for legal assistance from the

Russian public prosecutor's office

on August 27.

"Dear Mr.

Maas

, if the

German government

is serious about what you have said, it should be interested in responding to a request from the

Russian Public Prosecutor's Office

as soon as possible,

" the spokeswoman said, adding: "We haven't been so far sure that

Germany is

not playing a double game ”.

The Berlin judicial authorities had confirmed receipt of the request for legal assistance from the Russian judiciary on Friday.

*

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