Navalny probably targeted by senior Russian officials, according to Washington

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Washington is stepping out of its reserve.

The poisoning of Russian opponent Alexeï Navalny was probably orchestrated by "senior officials" in the Russian government, US foreign minister Mike Pompeo said Wednesday, further increasing international pressure on Moscow.

"When (people) see the efforts to poison a dissident, and they admit that there is a good chance that it is coming from senior Russian officials, I think it is not good for the Russian people." , said the US Secretary of State.

Mike Pompeo reaffirmed that Washington and its European allies all want to see Russia "held accountable to those responsible".

He added that the Americans would try to identify the culprits.

“This is something that we are going to look at, assess, and make sure that we do what we have to do to reduce the likelihood of something like this happening again,” explained Mike Pompeo.

"No proof", according to Trump

Last week, Donald Trump, often accused of laxity vis-à-vis Vladimir Putin, explained that he "had not yet seen" evidence of the poisoning of Alexey Navalny, while Germany had already claimed that he had been poisoned by a "Novichok-type" nerve agent.

Russia assures her that no trace of poison has been detected by its doctors in Mr. Navalny's body and questions the version of the Europeans, seeing it as a “campaign of disinformation” to impose new sanctions on it.

On Tuesday, the G7 countries urged Moscow to bring "urgently" to justice the perpetrators of "confirmed poisoning" of Mr. Navalny, denouncing as "unacceptable" any use of chemical weapons.

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