The Minister recalled on social networks that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) had confirmed that Navalny had been poisoned with a substance of the “Novichok” type.
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“Russia is fully responsible for the use of this banned chemical weapon,” Rinkevich stressed.
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He added that Latvia calls on the European Union countries to take firm action against the violation of these international norms.
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As @opcw has now confirmed Alexei @navalny was poisened with #Novichok type nerve agent. #Russia bears full responsibility for the use of prohibited chemical weapon, #Latvia advocates for strong and united #ME’s action in the response of the violation of international law https://t.co/y3OhqbHj39
– Edgars Rinkēvičs (@edgarsrinkevics) October 6, 2020
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It has already been reported that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) of Russian opposition leader Alexander Navalny found in blood samples The presence of a chemical warfare agent belonging to the “Novičok” group.
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The OPCW said on Tuesday that cholinesterase inhibitors similar to the two types of Novichok that the organization banned in 2019 had been found in blood and urine samples from Navalny.
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As reported, to Navalny on August 20 became bad During a flight from Tomsk to Moscow, the pilot made an emergency landing at Omsk airport, and Navalny was unconsciously taken to Omsk hospital with signs of poisoning. On August 22, Navalny was transferred from Russia to Germany, where he was treated by the Charite clinic at the University of Berlin.
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On 2 September, Germany stated that indisputable evidence had been obtained that Navalny had been poisoned by a nerve-paralyzing warfare substance belonging to the Novichok group. This conclusion was later confirmed by the French and Swedish laboratories.
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