Russia received replies to its inquiries to the OPCW on Navalny: Politics: World: Lenta.ru
France, Germany, Sweden and Great Britain sent their responses to Russia’s requests to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on the incident with the founder of the FBK (recognized as an extremist organization) Alexei Navalny. This was announced by the ex-head of the OPCW laboratory Mark-Michelle Bloom on his page in Twitter…
The permanent missions of all four countries to the OPCW in response letters stated that Russia did not give exhaustive comments on their questions about the incident with Navalny. In particular, Great Britain noted that Moscow, with its countervailing accusations against members of the OPCW, tried to absolve itself of “responsibility for the attempt on Navalny’s use of chemical weapons.”
The German side announced that it had responded to all inquiries from the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation. The Federal Republic of Germany denied Moscow’s assumptions that representatives of the German authorities were on board, which transported the Russian oppositionist from Omsk to Berlin. According to Germany, the plane was provided by a private person.
The Swedish side forwarded Moscow’s questions about the formula of the substance found in the bottle from which Navalny drank in Germany. France refused to provide legal assistance to Moscow in the Navalny case and called on Russia to openly investigate.
On October 7, Russia gave an answer from a group of 45 OPCW member countries on the situation with Navalny. According to Alexander Shulgin, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the OPCW, the Kremlin’s response “was worthy and verified from a legal point of view.” Russia also sent reciprocal requests to Sweden, France, Germany and Great Britain.