Kremlin defies calls to probe Navalny’s illness, says poisoning not yet certain

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called on Russia to investigate the suspected poisoning and to hold the perpetrators accountable after German doctors found indications of a toxic substance in Navalny’s body

Police guard the medical vehicle which carried Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny, in front of the Charite Hospital, in Berlin, Germany, on Aug. 22, 2020.The Kremlin said on Tuesday it saw no need for now to investigate the circumstances leading up to opposition politician Alexey Navalny’s grave illness and that a German clinic’s initial diagnosis of poisoning was not yet conclusive.

He added that if poisoning was definitively established as the cause, then an investigation would be launched. Navalny, an outspoken opponent of President Vladimir Putin, was airlifted to Germany for treatment on Saturday after collapsing on a plane while flying back to Moscow from Siberia.

 

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