Kremlin accuses Alexie Navalny’s aides of taking potential evidence out of country

Russia on September 18 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.

Navalny’s team on Thursday h said that German experts found traces of vichok nt on bottles collected from Siberian hotel room where Putin-critic stayed before being taken ill last month. bottles are one of key evidence for Germany’s conclusion that Navalny was poisoned with banned chemical weapon. 

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While four German laboratories that took tests from Navalny 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 ncy out of country because that person would simply ‘have time’ to do that due to toxicity of substance. 

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Navalny’s poisoning 

Alexei 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. Navalny was put into an artificial coma and was moved to Germany after much debate over his transfer. Navalny h remained in an induced coma until September 7 when doctors treating him informed that his condition has improved. 

Doctors in Russia h denied any poison traces in Navalny's blood but when he reached Germany it was confirmed that he was poisoned. Russia has dismissed allegations of a state-sponsored attack on Navalny and has demanded more evidence in order to start a criminal investigation into case.  

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