Russia expects the OPCW to answer its questions by October 16 – Rossiyskaya Gazeta
Moscow expects answers on the incident with the blogger Navalny from Berlin, Paris and Stockholm by October 16, Zakat and Statement. O. Konstantin Vorontsov, Deputy Director of the Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control of the Russian Foreign Ministry, speaking at the First Committee of UN Meetings.
According to him, the Russian side sent a request on October 6 regarding Article 9 of the CWC (Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons).
“We expect, within the established time limit under the convention, by October 16, substantive responses from Germany, France and Sweden, without which they cannot recognize or finally refute the alleged presence of the composition in the incident with Navalny,” Vorontsov said.
On October 8, Moscow sent a counter-demarche to the Organization in connection with anti-Russian attacks on the so-called “case of blogger Alexei Navalny.”
In particular, the Russian side is interested in information about the person who accompanied Navalny during the special flight Omsk-Berlin, performed by a European charter. In addition, Moscow wants to understand why the fact of the demonstrative FPRG on September 4-6, 2020 through the OPCW was hidden.