The United States and Britain have reiterated the case by issuing a joint statement one year after Russia's dissident leader Nawarinui was attacked by chemical weapons nerve agents.
Novichok, a dissident leader who has criticized Russia's Putin administration, suddenly lost consciousness while traveling in Russia last August, and after analyzing blood etc. in Germany where he was transported, it was developed in the former Soviet Union. The same type of substance as the nerve agent Novichok was detected.
A year after the incident, the United States and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement on the 20th, stating that "we condemn the attempted assassination of Mr. Nawarinui by using nerve agents developed by Russia."
It urges Russia to fully comply with the Chemical Weapons Convention.
"It is regrettable that the Russian authorities neglected to investigate the use of chemical weapons against Mr. Nawarinui and did not give a credible explanation."
On the other hand, the United States announced on the 20th that it will impose sanctions such as asset freeze on nine people and two groups including the staff of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, alleging that they were involved in the attempted assassination of Mr. Nawarinui, and the United Kingdom also 7 He revealed that he had taken similar sanctions against people.
On the agenda at the Russia-Germany summit meeting on the 20th
Russian dissident leader Vladimir Putin, who was attacked by chemical weapons nerve agents last August, was also on the agenda at the summit meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the 20th. I went up.
Mr. Nawalinui was imprisoned in prison after returning to Russia from his recuperation destination Germany, and at a joint press conference after the meeting, Prime Minister Merkel said, "I asked President Putin to release Mr. Nawalinui again." ..
"He was convicted of criminal offenses against foreign partners, not his own political activities," Putin argued.
On the 18th, Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has criticized Germany and other Western countries for trying to use the incident to undermine Russia's credibility over Mr. Nawarinui.