Germany says Chemical Weapon watchdog still investigating Alexei Navalny's case

Germany's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria ebahr informed on Friday, September 18 that Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is still investigating Russian critic Alexei Navalny's case.

Navalny, a staunch critic of Russian President Vlimir Putin, fell sick under mysterious circumstances on a flight back to Moscow from Siberia on Aug 20. He was rushed to a hospital in Siberian city of Omsk after plane me an emergency landing. 

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Investigation on Navalny case continues 

At a briefing, ebahr said, “As far as we kw, OPCW investigation continues. We have t h results yet”. Earlier this week, Navalny's official Instagram account said that re were traces of vichok on bottles from his room in Xander Hotel.

Spokesman for German government, Steffen Seibert said that Berlin has taken te of mess. According to reports, Seibert said, “I would like to refer you to Navalny's team for all questions on this video. We have said all we want to say in press releases and statements, including those of chancellor”. 

Alexei Navalny was put into an artificial coma and was moved to Germany after much debate over his transfer. He h remained in an induced coma until September 7 when doctors treating him informed that his condition has improved. While Russin doctors h denied finding any poisous substance in Navalny's blood, Germany doctors later confirmed Putin critic h been poisoned with a Soviet-era nerve nt vichok.

Russian authorities h n dismissed allegations of a state-sponsored attack on Navalny and demanded more evidence in order to start a criminal investigation into case.  

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In a recent development, Russia accused opposition leer Alexie Navalny’s aides of taking potential evidence out of country and said that Kremlin’s ability to probe suspected poisoning was ‘limited’. While speaking to international media reporters, Russian President Vlimir Putin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, said that Moscow’s hands were tied because Germany has t yet shared its findings with Russian authorities.

While four German laboratories that tested Navalny's samples confirmed that he was poisoned, Peskov said that bottle, ‘if it existed’, has been taken somewhere. He ded that what has become a ‘piece of evidence’ proving poisoning has unfortunately been taken out. Peskov even went on to cast a doubt on Germany’s findings, saying that it would t be possible to take a bottle with traces of a nerve nt out of country because that person would simply ‘have time’ to do that due to toxicity of substance.

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(Im Credits: AP)