MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The western countries are attempting to sideline issues around the so-called poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny by focusing on protests in his support, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday.
In mid-January, Navalny returned to Russia after receiving treatment in Germany following a suspected poisoning in Siberia. Berlin claims that German doctors found evidence of poisoning with a nerve agent from the Novichok group in Navalny’s body, a claim vehemently refuted by Moscow. Germany has also said that French and Swedish laboratories carried out independent research and confirmed that Navalny was poisoned. In addition, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said that Navalny was poisoned with a toxin that resembles Novichok but is not on its list of banned substances.
Unauthorised demonstrations swept through Russian cities on January 23 and 31 in support of now-sentenced Navalny, who was detained in Moscow upon his arrival from Germany.
The top Russian diplomat added that Russia sent “numerous requests” to Germany, France, Sweden and OPCW regarding Navalny’s case but received no answers.
The foreign minister called such behavior from Europe “categorically unacceptable” and called for transparency and honesty.
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