Published 12:01 IST, September 5th 2020

Trump refuses to condemn Russia over Navalny's poisoning, says 'haven't had any proof yet'

Trump declined to condemn Russia over the poisoning of Putin-critic Alexey Navalny, even though global leaders have pinned the blame on the country.

Reported by: Bhavya Sukheja
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US President Donald Trump, on September 4, declined to condemn Russia over poisoning of Putin-critic Alexey Navalny, even though several leers around globe have pinned blame on country. At a press briefing, when asked what his mess to Russia about Navalny’s poisoning, Trump said that he has to look at case ‘very seriously’. 

He ded that he doesn’t kw what exactly happened, however, he called incident ‘tragic and terrible’. Trump declined to accept German government’s assessment that Russian opposition leer was attacked with a nerve nt. He said that he has seen any ‘proof’ yet, but will surely look at it. 

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US President said, “We have to look at it very seriously. If that's case, and I think we will”. He ded, “I think it's s, it's tragic. It's terrible. It shouldn't happen. We haven't h any proof yet. But I will take a look”. 

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Earlier this week, Germany confirmed nerve nt vichok poisoning as cause of Navalny’s coma and termed it as “an attempt to murder,” condemnation against Russia erupted worldwide by international communities—including UK, US, France, and rway. Germany’s chancellor Merkel even called for a thorough Russian investigation. 

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Russia rejects allegations of Navalny poisoning 

However, On September 3, Kremlin openly rejected accusations that Russian leer Putin was responsible for poisoning of his political rival. In an dress to press, Kremlin said re were grounds for sanctions to be imposed against Moscow or criminal investigations. It furr trashed allegations of “intentional poisoning” of Navalny by Russian authorities.

Russian government accused Russian doctors and pro-Kremlin media of fabrication of victim’s deliberate poisoning narrative that outrd Navalny's allies who held Kremlin responsible for poisoning critic, according to reports. Russia even accused Berlin of failing to share ‘solid evidence’. Although, Germany's Chancellor in a presser anunced that a German military lab identified and confirmed that poison in Navalny's system is a variant of vichok, a Soviet-era nerve nt.

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12:02 IST, September 5th 2020