Sanctions have already been adopted and will be announced soon, the minister said.
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“As the locomotive of the European Union (EU) sanctions adopted in the Navalny case was Germany, as these sanctions directly affect senior officials of the administration of the President of the Russian Federation, our retaliatory sanctions will be mirror-like. They have already been adopted. colleagues, “Lavrov said.
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In October, the EU imposed sanctions on Russia for the poisoning of Navalny. They are under the authority of six high-ranking officials, as well as the institute, which once developed the poisonous substance “Novičok”.
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On April 20, Navalny was reportedly ill 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.
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This conclusion has also been confirmed by French and Swedish laboratories and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
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Navalny, who was discharged from a Berlin hospital on September 22, said Russian President Vladimir Putin himself was behind his poisoning.
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Western countries have asked Russia for explanations, but the Kremlin has denied any involvement in the assassination attempt.
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