Russian Opposition Leader Poisoned with Deadly Nerve Agent
Angela Merkel said there was “shocking information” that showed “beyond a doubt” that the poisoning of Alexei Navalny was “an attempted murder with nerve agent” after a toxicology test in Germany showed that the opposition leader had been targeted with Novichok.
Merkel said Navalny was “the victim of a crime intended to silence him.” She said the gravity of that fact made it important for her to “take a clear stance.”
The chancellor said the case raises “very serious questions that only the Russian government can answer — and must answer,” adding, “the world will wait for an answer.”
Berlin slams attack ‘in strongest possible terms’
Previously, a government spokesman said that the test showed conclusive evidence that the Russian opposition leader had been poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok.
The test was conducted in a special German military lab, according to the government spokesman Steffen Seibert.