DISINFO: The OPCW is hiding the chemical formula of the substance used to poison Navalny
SUMMARY
The OPCW is hiding the chemical formula of the substance allegedly used to poison Alexei Navalny.
The activist's alleged poisoning was in reality a Western provocation designed to discredit, contain, and attack Russia. Meanwhile, Berlin has yet to produce any conclusive evidence of Russia's involvement in the incident.
RESPONSE
The story advances a recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative concerning the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
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 clinical findings indicated that he was poisoned with a substance from the group of cholinesterase inhibitors. Subsequent toxicological tests provided unequivocal evidence of a chemical nerve agent of the Novichok group in his blood samples.
After Germany requested its technical assistance, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), of which 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.