Tests show ‘proof’ Navalny poisoned by nerve agent – Germany
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has often been jailed and physically attacked . AFP/File/Maxim ZMEYEV
The German government says Navalny’s poisoning is ‘a shocking event’.
Tests carried out on Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny provide clear proof that he was poisoned by a chemical nerve agent, the German government said Wednesday, demanding explanations from Moscow.
“It is a shocking event that Alexei Navalny has become the victim of an attack with a chemical nerve agent in Russia,” said government spokesman Steffen Seibert in a statement.
Tests carried out by the German army in consultation with the Charite hospital in Berlin, where Navalny is being treated, had found evidence of the agent, he said.