International. The German Government says that it has confirmed that russian Opposition Leader alexina valley was poisoned by a nerve agent belonging to the group comes to weeks after the activists fell ill on the flight to moscow before being airlifted for treatment at a hospital in central berlin lets go live now to the middle of correspondent peter situated than hes following this story for us peter 1st please take us through the latest developments. Well angle of merkel the german chancellor addressed the press on wednesday evening she said that germany had clear and unambiguous proof that Alexei Navalny the russian opposition figure had been poisoned using a novacek nerve agent this was after tests had come back from the blunders very institute to German Military look oratory which is certified by the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons the o. P. C. W. Those tests and being double checked they come back positive the only heart nor the chalk in his system now im go
Russian Opposition Leader like cinnabon he was poisoned by a nerve agent that belongs to the group comes to weeks after the activist fell ill on a flight to moscow before he was airlifted for treatment at a hospital in central berlin so lets go straight to berlin d the german capital of the peter oliver is based there and is following this story for us good morning peter we know at this point there has been a response from russia to those claims what russia had to say. Well russia has reacted to claims from germany that alexina valmy was poisoned with a novacek nerve agent both the Foreign Ministry in moscow and the embassy the Russian Embassy here in berlin have criticized the announcement. What we do but that only in liverpool if there is any day doubt we will work it there is no data there are only statements amounting to megaphone diplomacy because there voiced by a Foreign Ministry that many were waiting to hear what the doctors had to say diversion doctors in arms share their con
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By the way watching r. T. International thanks for joining us. The German Government says that it has confirmed that russian Opposition Leader alexina valley was poisoned by a nerve agent belonging to the navi group it comes to weeks after the activists fell ill on the flight to moscow before being lifted for treatment at a hospital in central berlin lets go live to the our correspondent based there is peter of all of these covering this story peter good morning russia has responded to the claims that. Or moscow is far from happy with the way this is being handled by the german side the announcement was well while the us the bush ambassador was called into the Foreign Ministry after the announcement was made to the press said it did in its child have says that after he had his meeting with the Foreign Ministry he wasnt presented with any facts to back up the claims that alexina valley was poisoned using a nerve agent from the novel group the Foreign Ministry in moscow has called this m
For joining us midday here in moscow. Moscow says that it has yet to receive any concrete evidence from the German Government regarding claims that russian Opposition Leader alexina valmy was poisoned by a nerve agent earlier announced it had found traces of navi chalk on the 2 weeks after the activists fellow on the flight to moscow was lifted for treatment in germany. Has the latest from berlin. Moscow is far from happy with the way this announcement was handled by the german partners the Russian Ambassador was called in for a meeting at the Foreign Ministry only after statements had been made to the press now following his meeting said again the Russian Ambassador said he wasnt presented with any facts from his german colleagues the Foreign Ministry in moscow has called this megaphone diplomacy what we knew but that only if there was any data we would work with that there is no data there are only statements amounting to megaphone diplomacy because theyre voiced by Foreign Ministry