DISINFO: German sources confirm Yulia Navalnaya's German citizenship
SUMMARY
A high-level staffer of the East German Intelligence Service Stasi tested the document against the German Police database. This document is available in German and EU databases. It is really issued to Yulia Navalnaya, wife of Alexei Navalny.
RESPONSE
This claim is based on a false document.
Blogger Artemy Lebedev published a photo on his Telegram channel of an identity document allegedly confirming that Yulia Navalnaya is a German citizen. Almost immediately after publishing the photo, Lebedev backtracked saying that it had turned out to be fake. The blogger apologized to Navalnaya the next day.
Several Russian outlets have published a photography of a German document, allegedly suggesting Yulia Navalnaya a German citizen.
The document proved quickly to be a coarse forgery. Most media outlets chosed to retract the news. Some pro-Kremlin media have, however, continued to insist that the forged document, while forged, still proves Navalnaya's status as a citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany.