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During a press conference, officials failed to provide any actual answer about the woman identified by Russian authorities as ‘Marina Pevchikh.’ “I can’t tell you anything about this. We must not forget that an attempt was made on the life of Mr Navalny with the use of a poisonous substance. …

German government spokespeople were grilled by RT Deutsch during a press conference on Monday. The officials, however, failed to provide any actual answer about the woman identified by Russian authorities as Marina Pevchikh. “I can’t tell you anything about this. We must not forget that an attempt was made on the …

On Monday afternoon, the German clinic reported that the condition of the opposition figure and Moscow protest leader has improved, and he is now responding to verbal stimuli. “It remains too early to gauge the potential long-term effects of his severe poisoning,” the statement said. Navalny, a social media star who …

This of course eliminates all vestiges of doubt about what happened to the Skripals, and proves that Russia must be isolated and sanctioned to death and we, in the West, must spend untold billions on weapons and security services. We must also increase domestic surveillance and crack down on dissenting …

“I don’t know exactly what happened,” Trump told reporters Friday in a White House briefing. “It’s tragic. It’s terrible. It shouldn’t happen. We haven’t had any proof yet, but I will take a look.” Trump added that while he has no reason to disbelieve claims by the German government that …

“We have intercepted an interesting conversation, which… clearly indicates that this is falsification. There was no poisoning of Navalny,” the president of Belarus told Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, during his visit to Minsk. Lukashenko claimed the motivation was to prevent Moscow from interfering in his country. “They did it to discourage …

Berlin insists its Bundeswehr [military] laboratory found traces of poison from the Novichok family in the anti-corruption campaigner’s system. Chancellor Angela Merkel has condemned the “attack” and demanded an explanation from Russia. But the scientists behind its development – Leonid Rink and Vladimir Uglev – have dismissed the German claims. …

Merkel was referring to tests carried out the by the Bundeswehr [German military] which found that the anti-corruption campaigner was “beyond doubt” poisoned with a ‘Novichok’ class chemical agent. Describing Navalny as “the leading opposition politician in Russia,” an assertion not borne out by Russian polling, she said somebody wanted …

The ministry issued a statement on Tuesday evening, following a meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun, during which the subject of Navalny was raised, among other issues. Lavrov pointed out the “suspicious haste” with which the narrative about Navalny’s alleged poisoning was …

“We need a reason to investigate,” Peskov said, adding that they will launch a probe once they are sure about the circumstances of his hospitalization. However, he rejected accusations that Navalny’s quick onset of illness was caused by an assassination attempt, refusing to take the suggestion seriously. “These are allegations …