Germany says Soviet-era nerve agent used on Russia's Alexei Navalny

Russia's denials about harming Alexey Navalny mean nothing to his closest friends and family there, refusal even to open a criminal investigation. Proofs of Mr Putin is responsible. Leonid Volkov and Navalny have worked together challenging Russia's president and political system for the last ten years. Just to be clear, you believe this was the state based on the information I have at this point of time. I strongly believe it's easiest estate or some ah, well or the part of the state. So as off now, we don't have a proof that Putin ordered. If so, it might be some of the government agencies, but the level off organization the, uh, the the poisons of the used. It's not something you can buy in a pharmacy, Volkov says. Navalny always knew the risks, but together they desperately hoped his popularity would protect it, making it too risky for anyone to seriously think about trying to kill him. They were wrong. Last week, Navalny began screaming in pain aboard a Russian domestic flight. Soon after he was in a coma. Russian doctors said there was no evidence of poison, but that was quickly contradicted when he arrived here at Berlin's charity hospital test here determined poison from a group of chemicals, but not the specific substance, the Kremlin says. That's why there's still no reason to open a criminal investigation It on. Lee could have an intention to kill if the emergency lending will take twenty more minutes. Hey would not be business now. Navalny is Russia's most prominent Putin critic. Through a mix of determination, charisma and clever use of social media, he's shown repeatedly he can call huge, angry crowds to the streets. He's exposed state corruption and the ruling elites vast wealth. But if this was an attempted assassination, why now? Bulk of says. The timing suggests it may have bean. Navalny's called for Russians to follow their neighbors in Belarus and hold mass protests against their own government. And now Valdes political machine has been working to influence coming local elections with a tactical voting campaign to stop pro Putin candidates. Whatever the reason, Alexey Navalny supporters believe some of his enemies made a cold calculation. The benefits of his murder would outweigh the risks of creating a political martyr. Phil Black, CNN Berlin,

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the same type of Soviet-era nerve agent that British authorities identified in a 2018 attack on a former Russian spy, the German government said Wednesday.The findings 바카라 게임 웹사이트� which experts say point strongly to Russian state involvement 바카라 게임 웹사이트� are likely to increase tensions between Russia and the West. German Chancellor Angela Merkel called the poisoning on Navalny attempted murder and said it was meant to silence one of Russian President Vladimir Putin바카라 게임 웹사이트�s fiercest critics.The Berlin hospital treating the dissident said he remains in a serious condition though he is improving. It said that it expects a long recovery, and it still can바카라 게임 웹사이트�t rule out long-term consequences from the poisoning.The German government said that testing by a German military laboratory showed 바카라 게임 웹사이트�proof without doubt of a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok group.바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트�There are very serious questions now that only the Russian government can answer, and must answer,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Merkel said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�He was meant to be silenced, and I condemn this in the strongest possible manner.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Navalny, a politician and corruption investigator who is one of Russian President Vladimir Putin바카라 게임 웹사이트�s fiercest critics, fell ill on a flight back to Moscow from Siberia on Aug. 20 and was taken to a hospital in Omsk after the plane made an emergency landing.He was transferred two days later to Berlin바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Charite hospital, where doctors last week said initial tests indicated Navalny had been poisoned.British authorities identified Novichok as the poison used in 2018 on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in England.German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said the Russian ambassador was summoned to his ministry Wednesday and told in 바카라 게임 웹사이트�unmistakable" terms of Germany's call for the Navalny case to be investigated 바카라 게임 웹사이트�in full and with full transparency.바카라 게임 웹사이트�His British counterpart, Dominic Raab, said it was 바카라 게임 웹사이트�absolutely unacceptable that this banned chemical weapon has been used again." He added that 바카라 게임 웹사이트�the Russian government has a clear case to answer바카라 게임 웹사이트� and 바카라 게임 웹사이트�must tell the truth about what happened to Mr. Navalny."After the initial indications Navalny had been poisoned, multiple Western and European officials, including Merkel, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, called on Russia to conduct an investigation.Russian authorities on Wednesday remained tight-lipped and appeared reluctant to comment on the politician바카라 게임 웹사이트�s poisoning, with the Kremlin saying it hadn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t been informed of the latest findings yet and the Foreign Ministry adding that they are 바카라 게임 웹사이트�still waiting바카라 게임 웹사이트� for the German authorities to respond a formal request for information the Russian prosecutor general바카라 게임 웹사이트�s office sent last week.The German government said it would inform its partners in the European Union and NATO about the test results and would consult with them on a response. Germany also will contact the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Russia itself should have a serious interest in good relations with its neighbors in Europe," said Maas, the foreign minister. "Now at the very latest, it is the time to make a decisive contribution toward this.바카라 게임 웹사이트�In an update shortly after the findings of the test results were announced, the Charite hospital said that Navalny is still in intensive care and remains on a ventilator. But it said that he 바카라 게임 웹사이트�continues to improve.바카라 게임 웹사이트�The hospital said that the chemical receptors in Navalny바카라 게임 웹사이트�s nerves, which were blocked by the poison, were gradually returning to normal function, resulting in an improvement in his condition.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Recovery is likely to be lengthy,바카라 게임 웹사이트� it said in a statement. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�It is still too early to gauge the long-term effects, which may arise in relation to this severe poisoning.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Navalny바카라 게임 웹사이트�s allies in Russia have insisted he was deliberately poisoned by the country바카라 게임 웹사이트�s authorities, accusations that the Kremlin has rejected as 바카라 게임 웹사이트�empty noise.바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트�To poison Navalny with Novichok in 2020 would be exactly the same as leaving an autograph at a crime scene, like this one,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Navalny바카라 게임 웹사이트�s longtime ally and strategist Leonid Volkov said in a tweet that featured a photo of Putin's name and a signature next to it.The Russian doctors who treated Navalny in Siberia have repeatedly contested the German hospital바카라 게임 웹사이트�s poisoning conclusion, saying they had ruled out poisoning.Novichok is a class of military-grade nerve agents developed by the Soviet Union at the end of the Cold War. Western weapons experts say it was only ever manufactured in Russia. After the Skripals were poisoned, Russia said the U.S., Britain and other Western countries acquired the expertise to make the nerve agent in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, and that the Novichok used in that attack could have come from them.Several Russian lawmakers have said Russia isn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t manufacturing Novichok-type agents.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Unless you are working for the military, it is impossible to be accidentally exposed," Richard Parsons, a senior lecturer in biochemical toxicology at King's College London, said. "It is unavailable from anywhere except the Russian military as far as I am aware.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Britain charged two Russians 바카라 게임 웹사이트� alleged to be agents of the Russian military intelligence service GRU 바카라 게임 웹사이트� in absentia with the 2018 attack that left the Skripals in critical condition and killed a British woman. Russia has refused to extradite the men to the U.K.British police believe the nerve agent was smuggled to Britain in a counterfeit Nina Ricci perfume bottle and sprayed on the front door of Sergei Skripal바카라 게임 웹사이트�s house in the city of Salisbury in southwest England.More than three months later, the bottle was found by 48-year-old Charlie Rowley. He was hospitalized and his girlfriend, Dawn Sturgess, 44, died after being exposed to the contents.___Associated Press writers Daria Litvinova in Moscow, Jill Lawless in London and Frank Jordans in Berlin contributed to this story.

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The findings 바카라 게임 웹사이트� which experts say point strongly to Russian state involvement 바카라 게임 웹사이트� are likely to increase tensions between Russia and the West. German Chancellor Angela Merkel called the poisoning on Navalny attempted murder and said it was meant to silence one of Russian President Vladimir Putin바카라 게임 웹사이트�s fiercest critics.

The Berlin hospital treating the dissident said he remains in a serious condition though he is improving. It said that it expects a long recovery, and it still can바카라 게임 웹사이트�t rule out long-term consequences from the poisoning.

The German government said that testing by a German military laboratory showed 바카라 게임 웹사이트�proof without doubt of a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok group.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

바카라 게임 웹사이트�There are very serious questions now that only the Russian government can answer, and must answer,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Merkel said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�He was meant to be silenced, and I condemn this in the strongest possible manner.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Navalny, a politician and corruption investigator who is one of Russian President Vladimir Putin바카라 게임 웹사이트�s fiercest critics, fell ill on a flight back to Moscow from Siberia on Aug. 20 and was taken to a hospital in Omsk after the plane made an emergency landing.

He was transferred two days later to Berlin바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Charite hospital, where doctors last week said initial tests indicated Navalny had been poisoned.

British authorities identified Novichok as the poison used in 2018 on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in England.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said the Russian ambassador was summoned to his ministry Wednesday and told in 바카라 게임 웹사이트�unmistakable" terms of Germany's call for the Navalny case to be investigated 바카라 게임 웹사이트�in full and with full transparency.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

His British counterpart, Dominic Raab, said it was 바카라 게임 웹사이트�absolutely unacceptable that this banned chemical weapon has been used again." He added that 바카라 게임 웹사이트�the Russian government has a clear case to answer바카라 게임 웹사이트� and 바카라 게임 웹사이트�must tell the truth about what happened to Mr. Navalny."

After the initial indications Navalny had been poisoned, multiple Western and European officials, including Merkel, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, called on Russia to conduct an investigation.

Russian authorities on Wednesday remained tight-lipped and appeared reluctant to comment on the politician바카라 게임 웹사이트�s poisoning, with the Kremlin saying it hadn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t been informed of the latest findings yet and the Foreign Ministry adding that they are 바카라 게임 웹사이트�still waiting바카라 게임 웹사이트� for the German authorities to respond a formal request for information the Russian prosecutor general바카라 게임 웹사이트�s office sent last week.

The German government said it would inform its partners in the European Union and NATO about the test results and would consult with them on a response. Germany also will contact the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�Russia itself should have a serious interest in good relations with its neighbors in Europe," said Maas, the foreign minister. "Now at the very latest, it is the time to make a decisive contribution toward this.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

In an update shortly after the findings of the test results were announced, the Charite hospital said that Navalny is still in intensive care and remains on a ventilator. But it said that he 바카라 게임 웹사이트�continues to improve.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

The hospital said that the chemical receptors in Navalny바카라 게임 웹사이트�s nerves, which were blocked by the poison, were gradually returning to normal function, resulting in an improvement in his condition.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�Recovery is likely to be lengthy,바카라 게임 웹사이트� it said in a statement. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�It is still too early to gauge the long-term effects, which may arise in relation to this severe poisoning.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Navalny바카라 게임 웹사이트�s allies in Russia have insisted he was deliberately poisoned by the country바카라 게임 웹사이트�s authorities, accusations that the Kremlin has rejected as 바카라 게임 웹사이트�empty noise.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

바카라 게임 웹사이트�To poison Navalny with Novichok in 2020 would be exactly the same as leaving an autograph at a crime scene, like this one,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Navalny바카라 게임 웹사이트�s longtime ally and strategist Leonid Volkov said in a tweet that featured a photo of Putin's name and a signature next to it.

The Russian doctors who treated Navalny in Siberia have repeatedly contested the German hospital바카라 게임 웹사이트�s poisoning conclusion, saying they had ruled out poisoning.

Novichok is a class of military-grade nerve agents developed by the Soviet Union at the end of the Cold War. Western weapons experts say it was only ever manufactured in Russia. After the Skripals were poisoned, Russia said the U.S., Britain and other Western countries acquired the expertise to make the nerve agent in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, and that the Novichok used in that attack could have come from them.

Several Russian lawmakers have said Russia isn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t manufacturing Novichok-type agents.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�Unless you are working for the military, it is impossible to be accidentally exposed," Richard Parsons, a senior lecturer in biochemical toxicology at King's College London, said. "It is unavailable from anywhere except the Russian military as far as I am aware.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Britain charged two Russians 바카라 게임 웹사이트� alleged to be agents of the Russian military intelligence service GRU 바카라 게임 웹사이트� in absentia with the 2018 attack that left the Skripals in critical condition and killed a British woman. Russia has refused to extradite the men to the U.K.

British police believe the nerve agent was smuggled to Britain in a counterfeit Nina Ricci perfume bottle and sprayed on the front door of Sergei Skripal바카라 게임 웹사이트�s house in the city of Salisbury in southwest England.

More than three months later, the bottle was found by 48-year-old Charlie Rowley. He was hospitalized and his girlfriend, Dawn Sturgess, 44, died after being exposed to the contents.

___

Associated Press writers Daria Litvinova in Moscow, Jill Lawless in London and Frank Jordans in Berlin contributed to this story.

Germany says Soviet-era nerve agent used on Russia's Alexei Navalny

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