“Nothing has been established, nothing is known about how the events with the poisoning developed - all this is still a mystery covered in darkness.
It is not very helpful to sort out this situation, because the Russian side insisted on the expediency of presenting the research results in the Charite clinic so that it would be possible to study the situation here, ”the deputy explained.
According to Novikov, all the unsubstantiated grounds on which they are going to or express their readiness to impose the next sanctions, "only emphasizes that anything is used as reasons for anti-Russian actions."
"Argued or not reasoned, artificially invented - it does not matter for an information war, if it is believed that the topic is suitable, then it will be used," the parliamentarian concluded.
Earlier, US senators proposed to impose sanctions against Russian officials because of the incident with Alexei Navalny.
The bill also provides for the US administration to submit a financial report to Russian President Vladimir Putin and his entourage, as well as to check for Russia's violation of American laws banning the use of chemical and biological weapons.
On September 17, the European Parliament adopted a resolution urging to find and freeze the European assets of those involved in Navalny's investigations.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in turn, stressed that Russia will not leave unanswered new Western sanctions if they are introduced.
On September 2, Germany announced that the tests conducted revealed a substance from the Novichok group in Navalny.
The Kremlin noted that no toxic substances were found in Navalny's body before he was taken to Berlin.