Novichok-like chemical agent used to poison Russian opposition figure Navalny, German government spokesman claims

Hospital tests

Hospital tests on Russian anti-corruption campaigner and Moscow protest leader Alexey Navalny show that he was “beyond doubt” poisoned with a ‘Novichok’ class chemical agent, according to a German government spokesman.

Berlin added that it will provide the new information to European Union partners and other international organizations. However, the Russian government says it has not been informed. The ‘Novichok’-like substance is from the same class as that allegedly used to poison Russian-born British intelligence agent Sergei Skripal, and his daughter, in Salisbury in 2018. 

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