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Germany Says Kremlin Critic Navalny Was Poisoned With Novichok
"This has given rise to some very serious questions that only Russia can and must answer" German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.
Once again the Vladimir Putin regime tries to murder a Russian activist. Only this time it was Russia's most internationally well known activist.
On the one hand, this brazen assassination attempt on Alexei Navalny is shocking. On the other hand, the pariah Putin regime has never shied away from murder as a political tool.
Related: Germany Says Navalny Poisoned By Novichok Nerve Agent
"This has given rise to some very serious questions that only Russia can and must answer" German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.
9/2/20
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a substance from the deadly Novichok family, the German government said Wednesday, demanding explanations from Moscow. “The Russian government is urged to explain the incident ... the substance in Navalny’s organism is undoubtedly from the Novichok family," said government spokesman Steffen Seibert in a statement. Prominent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny remains in a medically induced coma and on a ventilator more than a week after falling violently ill on a flight from Siberia to Moscow. Navalny, 44, has been receiving treatment in Germany after spending two days in a Siberian hospital where Russian doctors ruled out that the de facto leader of Russia’s opposition was poisoned.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday demanded answers from Russia over the case. "This has given rise to some very serious questions that only Russia can and must answer," Merkel said, adding that "the intent was to silence him." EU chief Ursula von der Leyen denounced what she called the "despicable and cowardly" act and said those responsible should be brought to justice. The White House said it is "deeply troubled" by Navalny's poisoning. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it was "outrageous" that Navalny had been poisoned with a nerve agent and urged Moscow to "explain" what had happened. "We have seen first-hand the deadly consequences of Novichok in the UK," Johnson said on Twitter.
Once again the Vladimir Putin regime tries to murder a Russian activist. Only this time it was Russia's most internationally well known activist.
On the one hand, this brazen assassination attempt on Alexei Navalny is shocking. On the other hand, the pariah Putin regime has never shied away from murder as a political tool.
Related: Germany Says Navalny Poisoned By Novichok Nerve Agent