"We see how, in addition to the long-known Russophobic minority, very aggressive, attempts are being added in serious old European countries, so to speak, to lead this movement, including in Germany," Lavrov said at a press conference following a meeting with the minister Foreign Affairs of Denmark Jeppe Kofodom.
The Russian minister noted that this saddens the Russian side.
“We are no longer surprised that the European Union is acting without a trial or investigation, they are demanding that we conduct an investigation.
Even Germany does not provide us with any facts, stating that this is not a bilateral matter, but an international one, ”Lavrov said.
He noted that the German side calls on the OPCW to contact the OPCW on this issue, where, in turn, "they lie that the request from Germany was not received."
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) was received and they have been considering this request for a whole month, and they eventually release a rather short discreet announcement that the substance that was discovered looks like“ something ”, without naming“ Newbie ", but that this substance is not included in the prohibited lists," the minister added.
On October 7, France and Germany announced in a joint statement that they would send their European partners proposals for additional sanctions against Russia due to the situation around Navalny.
As the Russian Foreign Ministry noted, speaking about the possibility of measures by the EU on the situation with Navalny, sanctions always lead to retaliatory measures.