Germany and allies call for Russian answers on Navalny Germany and its allies at a meeting of the global chemical weapons watchdog have called on Russia to fully investigate and explain how opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a military-grade nerve agentTHE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Germany and its allies at a meeting of the global chemical weapons watchdog Tuesday called on Russia to fully investigate and explain how opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent. Navalny, a corruption investigator who is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critic, was flown to Germany two days after falling ill on Aug. 20 during a domestic flight in Russia. German officials have said labs found traces of a chemical agent from the Novichok family in the Russian politician’s system. Germany has noted that Russian doctors have their own samples from Navalny since he was in their care for 48 hours. “Russia’s contempt for the international norm against chemical weapons use must stop,” Manso said as he joined calls for Moscow to explain how Navalny was poisoned with a nerve agent on Russian territory.

Source: ABC News October 06, 2020 13:17 UTC