The Kremlin’s press service, for its part, said that “in connection with the question raised by the partners about Navalny, appropriate explanations were provided regarding the objective circumstances of the case”.
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Among other things, the leaders spoke about the situation in eastern Ukraine, Belarus, Syria and Libya, as well as efforts to ensure that Iran complies with its nuclear agreement obligations.
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Turning to the topic of the Covid-19 vaccine “Sputnik V” developed by Russia, Merkel and Makron pointed out that cooperation with Moscow in this field will depend on the analysis performed by the European Medicines Agency.
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Sputnik V will meet the same standards as other vaccines in the European Union, the leaders said.
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The 44-year-old Navalny was arrested on January 17 at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport after returning from Germany, where he recovered more than four months after being poisoned by the war substance Novichok.
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Last month, Navalny was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for violating the terms of a suspended prison sentence handed down to him in 2014 while receiving treatment in Germany.
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