This was announced by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"In fact, it turned out that OPCW experts on September 5-6" independently "selected Navalny's biomaterial, while an official request for technical assistance on the basis of paragraph 38 f) of Article VIII of the CWC was sent by Berlin only on September 12-13," says the message.
Thus, the Foreign Ministry added, the Technical Secretariat began to provide "assistance" in "this politicized case" without a proper mandate.
“Moreover, in the statement of the FRG government of September 14 this year.
The transfer of samples to the OPCW has already been submitted as a fait accompli, while the Technical Secretariat itself first confirmed to us its involvement in this process only on September 17, ”the ministry said.
In addition, in the message of the OPCW on September 17, there are “signs of the technical secretariat exceeding its powers and violating the provisions of the CWC,” the Russian department said.
"Article VII of the Convention does not provide for any role of the Technical Secretariat in the pre-investigation and investigative procedural actions carried out by the participating States within the framework of their legislation, in this case - on the facts of the possible use of chemical weapons by individuals or legal entities," they specified.
As the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on September 25, Germany's actions in the situation around Navalny were so smooth that they began to raise questions as to whether another statement on the topic of the mystical use of chemical weapons has to be dealt with.
Moscow also noted the political overtones in the situation around Navalny, as evidenced by the fact that the German side concealed information about "a bottle with supposedly traces of highly toxic chemicals", which was seized in violation of criminal procedural procedures.