DISINFO: EU and NATO are imposing their spineless version of alleged poisoning of Navalny
SUMMARY
The EU and NATO are imposing on the whole world their spineless version of the alleged poisoning of Navalny with toxic chemicals.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative portraying the poisoning of prominent Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny as staged and targeted against Russia.
There is enough evidence to confirm that the prominent Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, fell ill during a flight from Siberia to Moscow on 20 August 2020. Initially hospitalised in Omsk, at the request of his family he was transferred to Charité hospital in Berlin, where a specialist Bundeswehr laboratory carried out toxicological tests on samples from Alexei Navalny. The results of these tests have revealed unequivocal proof of the presence of a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok group.
Russia keeps trying to question these results. However, indisputable evidence exists. After Germany requested its technical assistance, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), where Russia is a member, issued a statement verifying previous statements by the German authorities. The OPCW findings corroborated earlier independent conclusions by German, French, and Swedish laboratories.
The European Union has introduced restrictive measures against six individuals and one entity involved in the assassination attempt on Alexei Navalny. The sanctions took place in the framework of the restrictive measures against the proliferation and use of chemical weapons.
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