Macron warns Russia of consequences if it fails to explain Navalny's poisoning

French President Emmanuel Macron demanded a swift explanation from Russia on “attempted assassination” of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny using a nerve nt. Speaking at annual garing of UN General Assembly, Macron warned Moscow of consequences if it fails to provide “swift and flawless” explanation on poison attack.

“We will t tolerate use of chemical weapons in Europe, Russia or Syria,” French President told UNGA meet, urging Russia to shed “full light” on incident.  

German health authorities h confirmed poisoning of Navalny with a nerve nt from vichok group, citing toxicological test results. Later, specialist laboratories in France and Sweden also confirmed poisoning with Soviet-style nerve nt vichok. Germany informed that Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is still investigating cause independently.

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'Red lines'

Navalny's team said that politician was poisoned at his hotel room in Siberian city of Tomsk and t at airport as suspected earlier. team informed that y collected everything y could from hotel room on day he fell sick and sent it to Germany for investigation. German laboratory found traces of vichok nt on bottles collected from Navalny's room.  

“This clarification must be swift and flawless, as we will enforce our red lines,” Macron warned Kremlin, without elaborating on supposed action if Russia fails to provide satisfactory explanation.

Meanwhile, Russian opposition leer has asked Kremlin to hand over clos he was wearing when he fell unconscious on a flight after alleged poisoning. anti-corruption campaigner has accused Kremlin of using “pre-investigation probe” to hide important piece of evidence in poisoning case, demanding Russia to return clos after packing it carefully in a plastic bag.

“Considering vichok was found on my body, and that infection through contact is very likely, my clos are a very important piece of evidence,” he wrote on his website.

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