DISINFO: West rejects uncomfortable questions about Navalny
SUMMARY
The West rejects any uncomfortable questions and independent assessments regarding the hospitalisation of blogger Alexei Navalny. Any deviation from the logic of unfounded accusations, which reveals the bias of the West’s position is rejected immediately. Any suggestions to talk with facts on hand and exchange data are completely blocked.
Both France and Germany do not respond to requests for the results of Navalny’s analyses and legal aid. Paris has become one of the latest actors to join the information campaign of pressure on Russia applying double standards and disregarding elementary diplomatic politeness. German and France declared their incompetence in the Navalny case as soon as Russia offered to speak in the language of facts. They say to Russia: “We in Berlin, in France, are no experts on this topic, of which we accuse you [Russia].”
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative on the poisoning of a prominent Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny.
Contrary to what is stated in the disinformation claim, the accusations put forward by the West for the reasons behind the hospitalisation of the ‘blogger’, as pro-Kremlin media often refer to Navalny, are based on indisputable facts. Clinical findings at Charité hospital in Berlin, where Navalny was transferred from Omsk at the request of his family, indicated that he was poisoned with a substance from the group of cholinesterase inhibitors. Subsequent toxicological tests provided unequivocal evidence of a chemical nerve agent of the Novichok group in his blood samples.
After Germany requested its technical assistance, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), of which Russia is a member, issued a statement verifying previous statements by the German authorities. Several reports have indicated that the OPCW tests showed that blood and urine samples contained a "cholinesterase inhibitor" similar to two Novichok chemicals that were banned by the Hague-based body in 2019. The OPCW findings corroborated earlier independent conclusions by German, French, and Swedish laboratories.
Also, Germany has responded to past Russian calls for Navalny's medical samples by saying that Russia should already have all it needs after its initial treatment of the dissident. Germany also informed Russia via diplomatic channels on the progress of the investigation. Read further debunking of this claim in our previous case “Germany misleads the world about Navalny case”.
There is no proof to support the claim that France joined an alleged anti-Russian campaign.
Read similar disinformation cases alleging that the West did not respond to Russian initiatives to cooperate on the Navalny case, that Navalny was allegedly poisoned with Novichok, but no proof was provided and that Navalny prevented Germany sending evidence to Russia.