Russia categorically rejects the western accusations about the use of the poisoning substance, which in the West is called “newcomer”. This was stated at a meeting of the first committee of the UN General Assembly. Department of the Department for non-proliferation and control of armaments of the Russian Foreign Ministry Konstantin Vorontsov, it quotes RIA Novosti.
“We categorically reject the statements of Great Britain, USA, Poland and Estonia about the alleged involvement of Russia to the use of substances of neuro-paralytic action, referred to in the West” newcomers “,” said Vorontsov.
According to him, the cases of the ex-colonel of GRU Sergei Skriply and Alexei Navalny (the founder of the FBK, recognized in Russia, the extremist organization) “spits with white threads” and are “links of one chain”. Vorontsov added that both cases are a propaganda campaign, the purpose of which is to provide political and economic pressure on Russia.
On August 2020, the well-being of Navalny sharply deteriorated during the flight from Tomsk to Moscow, the plane made an emergency landing in Omsk. On August 22, he was taken to the Berlin Clinic, whose specialists declared the discovery of the Russians in the body of the substance from the Novice group. Russian doctors argue that the poisons did not find. After recovery, Navalny announced involvement in his poisoning of the Russian leadership. Moscow rejects all the accusations, referring to the unwillingness of foreign countries, in particular Germany, to cooperate to investigate the incident.
Sergey and Julia Skripal, according to the British authorities, were poisoned on March 4, 2018 developed in the USSR neuropsychiatric substance “Novice” as a result of an operation with the participation of employees of the GRU. In London, it is believed that the attack was authorized by the highest leadership of Russia. Moscow denies involvement in what happened to the violinists.