China News Agency, Berlin, September 2nd. The German Federal Government stated on the 2nd that the German military laboratory found "clear evidence of a "Novichok" nerve agent after conducting toxicology tests in Navaline, a Russian opposition person. ".

German Chancellor Merkel asked Russia to clarify the incident.

The German Foreign Ministry also summoned the Russian ambassador to Germany that day.

　　Navalny is a well-known Russian opposition figure.

He suddenly fell into a coma on the way to Moscow on the 20th of this month, and then the plane made an emergency landing in Omsk.

Local doctors in Omsk stated that no trace of poison was found in Navalin.

On August 22, local time, Navalny was taken by a special plane to the Charité Medical School in Berlin, Germany for treatment.

　　The German Federal Government announced the news in a statement that afternoon.

Merkel held a press conference on the same day and stated that after Charité Medical School commissioned a toxicology expert from the Bundeswehr to test Navalny, a Bundeswehr laboratory clearly concluded that Navalny had suffered. The victim of a "Novijok" nerve agent attack.

This agent was unambiguously found in the test samples taken.

　　Merkel said that Navalny was the victim of a crime, and she condemned it most strongly on behalf of the German Federal Government.

She said that the German Foreign Ministry had summoned the Russian ambassador to Germany that afternoon to brief the matter.

She urged the Russian government to clarify the course of the incident, saying that there were some very important issues "now only the Russian government can answer and must answer."

　　The Charité Medical School said on the same day that Navalny was still receiving treatment in the intensive care unit and his symptoms were improving, but it may take a long time to fully recover.

The hospital stated that it is still too early to judge the long-term sequelae caused by his severe poisoning.

　　A German TV station quoted RIA Novosti as saying that the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Germany's claim that Navalny was poisoned was "unfounded."

The Russian President’s Press Secretary Peskov stated that he is ready to fully cooperate and exchange information on this matter with Germany.

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