Russian diplomacy blasted Wednesday the “
unacceptable
”
accusations
from Paris and Berlin, which denounced
Russia's
“
involvement and responsibility
” in the poisoning of Russian opponent Alexeï Navalny and threatened Moscow with sanctions.
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"
Instead of duly cooperating with the Russian Federation in order to clarify the circumstances of what happened with this blogger, the German and French governments have moved on to threats and blackmail attempts against us,
" said Russian diplomacy in a statement.