"A lot of evidence was taken away": the Kremlin announced difficulties in investigating the situation with Navalny

There are certain difficulties in the investigation of the situation with Alexei Navalny, said the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov.

“You see that they are experiencing certain problems, because, unfortunately, a lot of evidence was taken away.

Here you need to understand: it is deliberately trying to hide some evidence or unconsciously, what is behind this, ”said Peskov.

He recalled that earlier statements were made that the accompanying persons had taken away a large amount of evidence and evidence.

“We do not know what they have taken away yet, but we know for sure that they have taken away something important.

Obviously, what is needed by those who are engaged in verification actions, ”added Peskov.

Recall that earlier in the Instagram account of Alexei Navalny, a video with a commentary was published, which tells about the transfer of all things found in the room of the Xander hotel in Tomsk, where the blogger lived, to German doctors.

Peskov added that there are problems in obtaining information "from our counterparts, primarily from Germany."

“Therefore, there are certain problems with obtaining data.

They, of course, complicate all investigative actions, ”said Peskov.

On August 20, Navalny became ill on a plane flying from Tomsk to Moscow.

The liner urgently sat down in Omsk, after which Navalny was handed over to doctors.

Later, the blogger's relatives demanded to be transported to Germany.

Since August 22, Navalny has been at the Berlin clinic "Charite".

Subsequently, the German authorities reported that Navalny was allegedly poisoned with a nerve agent from the Novichok group.

At the same time, the Russian doctors who treated the blogger repeatedly indicated that the tests carried out did not reveal traces of toxic substances in the patient's body.

In September, Navalny came out of a coma and made several statements, in one of which he demanded the return of his personal belongings, which were with him at the time of his hospitalization in Omsk.

The Kremlin commented on the blogger's statement.

“You know, with all due respect to the patient, we don’t deal with clothes.

Not our profile, "Peskov said.

A day earlier, the Omsk Ministry of Health reported that the doctors from Omsk did not have the clothes of Alexei Navalny, who was undergoing treatment in Germany.

It is noted that the clothes were seized by the investigating authorities as part of a pre-investigation check when Navalny was in Omsk.

Situation around Nord Stream 2

As the head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, said, Russian intelligence is recording that one of the main targets of the Western countries' campaign on the situation with Alexei Navalny is Nord Stream 2.

Nord Stream 2 is two strings of a gas pipeline with a total capacity of 55 billion cubic meters per year and a length of over 1200 km.

The highway passes through the exclusive economic zones and territorial waters of five countries - Russia, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Germany.

In early September, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas admitted that the suspension of the Nord Stream 2 project could be one of the options for responding to the situation with Alexei Navalny.

Along with this, a number of German politicians spoke out against any decisions calling into question the prospect of completing the gas pipeline.

Naryshkin said that the SVR recorded high activity of some Western countries "in promoting the so-called Navalny case."

According to him, one of the main targets of this campaign is Nord Stream 2.

"Efforts to block this route under the guise of" punishing Russia for Navalny "are a typical example of unfair competition for the European gas market," RIA Novosti quotes Naryshkin.

In addition, the head of the SVR pointed out that most Europeans do not understand the scale of the damage that can be caused by stopping the project.

"The resource base for restarting the European economy will narrow, the fall of which at the end of this year, according to Deutsche Bank, will amount to 8.6% of GDP," Naryshkin believes.

Note that earlier, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Washington is working to create a coalition to prevent the completion of the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

In this regard, Naryshkin pointed out that it is extremely important for the United States to achieve the closure of this project, which calls into question the plans of the White House to increase the supply of American liquefied natural gas to Europe.

“It seems that the EU members will not act in relation to Nord Stream 2 on the principle“ to spite my grandmother, I will freeze my ears. ”

Moreover, they promise a cold winter and a lot of gas will be needed, ”Naryshkin said.