He recalled that Russia sent four requests to Germany in accordance with the European Convention on Assistance in Criminal Matters.
The minister stressed that according to this convention, "the answers had to be provided."
“Instead, we hear excuses and completely absurd statements that Russia should itself investigate this crime.
We cannot investigate a case on which we do not have any facts, ”Lavrov said during a press conference following a meeting with Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod.
The Foreign Minister recalled that the Russian investigating authorities "interviewed about 200 witnesses."
“We couldn't get a clear answer from those who burst into a hotel room in Tomsk after Alexey Navalny had already checked out.
There is no explanation why they began to take items from there, which, as I understand it, were later transferred to Germany without publicity, and which are now being declared as proof that the poisoning was carried out, ”the minister said.
He added that the proposal to work together on the case "was arrogantly ignored."
“We are very worried about these tendencies of the revival of arrogance in Germany.
This is a bad process, we very much hope that the sound voices that are heard in the Federal Republic will still prevail, ”Lavrov said.
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.
They claim that "Russia has not yet provided a convincing explanation" for what happened.
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.