“We asked the technical secretariat a question about August 20, 2020 - they kept silent, there was no desire to explain with us.
They were helped by a representative of the FRG commission, which said that, most likely, the secretariat had confused something.
She put pressure on the fact that there is some kind of typo or misprint, ”he said.
Shulgin noted that it is difficult to believe these excuses, since such documents are usually prepared by a team of authors.
“The story of the poisoning is actively supported by Western delegations.
It is obviously aimed at containing Russia, ”he stressed.
Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said that from a recent report by the OPCW it follows that "on August 20, Alexei Navalny just flew from Tomsk to Omsk, and the OPCW group had already been sent to provide technical assistance in connection with suspected chemical weapons poisoning."
According to Zakharova, it takes time to prepare an application for technical assistance by the OPCW group.
She also drew attention to the fact that in order to compile it, "Germany should have at least something in her hands in order to draw even the initial conclusions for applying to the OPCW."
After that, Shulgin said that the Russian side demanded an exhaustive explanation on this matter.