In connection with the demarche undertaken by the Group of Seven on the ‘Alexei Navalny case’, the Foreign Ministry has issued the following statement.
Russia insists that Germany provide data on Alexei Navalny’s medical examination, including the results of the biochemical tests, as per the official request for legal assistance submitted by the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation on August 27, 2020.
Berlin has not been willing to respond to our repeated requests in a prompt and constructive manner.
Without the above-mentioned information, the Russian law enforcement agencies are unable to engage all the necessary procedural mechanisms in order to establish the circumstances of the incident.
Meanwhile, the frenzy that is being stirred up around this case is only growing.
We note that Russian doctors proposed establishing close dialogue with their German colleagues in order to discuss the available data on Alexei Navalny’s health that is held in Russia and in Germany.
Unfortunately, the German side has been thwarting this process.
The unconstructive approach by the German authorities is accompanied by groundless accusations against Russia.
The massive misinformation campaign that has been unleashed clearly demonstrates that the primary objective pursued by its masterminds is to mobilise support for sanctions, rather than to care for Alexei Navalny’s health or establish the true reasons for his admission to hospital.
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By Russian Foreign Ministry
First published by Voltaire Network
Republished by The 21st Century
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