DISINFO: Not a single member of the Russian opposition was effectively and consistently poisoned
SUMMARY
What scientific expertise can be trusted in a country [Russia] that cannot even manage to poison even a single member of the opposition consistently and effectively? Not even with the deadliest stuff in its arsenal? By now it should be considered an insult among Kremlin critics not to have been honoured with a poison attack.
RESPONSE
An unfounded claim and a pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about Navalny's poisoning, the Skripal-poisoning and the poisoning of a Russian-defector Alexander Litvinenko. All these combined narratives aim to deny Russia's well-documented role in the poisoning of Sergey and Yuliya Skripal in 2018 and the poisoning of a Russian-defector Alexander Litvinenko.
The original cynical commentary from RT German ridicules Russia's role in the poisoning of opposition members.
Moscow's involvement in the poisoning of the Skripals has been proven via a thorough investigation. The British Police have presented a solid chain of evidence on the case, with pictures, connecting the suspects to the locations in the case. Some of the material has been released to the public.
Following this attack, the United Kingdom notified the OPCW, invited them to confirm the identity of the substance involved, and briefed members of the Security Council. The OPCW’s independent expert laboratories confirmed the UK’s identification of the Russian produced Novichok nerve agent.
In May 2007, the UK's Crown Prosecution Service charged Andrey Lugovoy and Dmitry Kovtun with "the murder of Mr Litvinenko by deliberate poisoning". In 2016 a public inquiry in the UK established that Mr Litvinenko was killed under the direction of FSB with highly radioactive Polonium-2010. Litvinenko ingested the fatal dose of polonium 210 whilst drinking tea in the Pine Bar of the Millennium Hotel during the afternoon of 1 November 2006.
Regarding the Alexei Navalny case, he was transferred from the hospital in Omsk to Charité hospital in Berlin. The preliminary test results from the Charité – Universitätsmedizin hospital in Berlin indicated that he was poisoned during his stay in Siberia. Clinical findings indicate poisoning with a substance from the group of cholinesterase inhibitors. The German government later confirmed that Alexey Navalny was poisoned with a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok group.
See more disinformation cases on the Skripals poisoning in Salisbury and the Litvinenko poisoning.
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