In writing already. The information is disconcerting about the attempted poisoning of one of the leading opposition politicians and russia and this is why it is important for me to talk to you here directly as of august 22nd mr nirvana has a 1000000000 and treatment here in germany in berlin for humanitarian reasons and as his family desired we have made it possible to transfer him to germany the Charity Hospital has. Had the German Armed Forces to examine the Clinical Evidence and now we have clear findings Alexander Valley was a victim of an attack with a chemical agent of the navi chalk group this is a poison that can be undoubtedly found in the Clinical Evidence that makes it sure that alex and about me is the victim of a crime and he was to be silenced and i condemn that on behalf of the federal government i condemn it strongly i would like to seize the opportunity to express my concerns on behalf of Alexander Valley and reach out to his family who is suffering difficult times i hope and wish that he will be able to recover from this attack i call the federal president and discussed the new developments in the case and of all me with him the federal government also has informed the parliamentary groups and the german bund a stark. Which is the organization for the provision of chemical weapons and dan how we will also establish a contact the Russian Ambassador hows it been informed this afternoon about the findings in the. Federal Chancellors Office and we expect the russian government to make a definite declaration visa v. The incident of course it raises severe questions that only the russian government can answer and will have to answer the fate of alex a not only has raised to the attention internationally and the world is expecting answers we inform our partners in the European Union and nato. About the findings we will discuss and consult together and based on information coming from russia we real decide on joint action the crime against alexander valmy is a crime against the basic values and basic rights we stand for thank you. So it was the german chancellor Angela Merkel giving her a statement about the confirmation but we now have from the German Government that alexei was poisoned and was poisoned with no visual. The merkel talked about having contact with not only the german president but also a u. Partners and nato partners as well as russia lets get more. On this with kate spray the Political Correspondent strong words from the chance of that kate. So very strong words from the chancellor and also the fact that she has self just after and within a couple of hours over the results of this talk test being announced confirming that he was indeed poisoned by the novacek nerve agent the fact that Angela Merkel the german chancellor decided to speak to the press is also an indication of how severe cases is right now and it was interesting i thought as well that she said that what had been carried out against the valley was indeed a crime she went on to say that was a crime against the basic rights and values that we stand for and as merkel said as well the world is now waiting for answers from russia and she reiterated as well exactly what we heard from the German Foreign minister as afternoon which is an urgent clarification from moscow regarding the background of this poising of takes a felony that she described it as being disconcerting and she said i condemn this strongly. No big shock remind us what it is and why weve heard it before. We have indeed heard it before its soviet era nerve agents and it was very present in the press just a couple of years ago after the former russian spy script and his daughter were poisoned by novacek in the u. K. Say something that you might remember from the past couple of years. So what we have is a situation where weve been here before and youve mentioned those poisonings in the u. K. We have attempts on someones life we have the finger pointed at russia we have russia say well wheres your evidence they say base your evidence that yes it wasnt us. The the chancellor there was talking about to discussing this with the e. U. And nato so this is not going to go away were looking at an escalation here. Absolutely in that all depends i think on what russia does next immediately after the results of this talk test was released a kremlin spokesperson said that moscow hadnt yet been informed about the diagnosis of poisoning by nor the truck which is what was announced this afternoon but it is in the meantime we know that the germanys government is telling a very different story the foreign minister. Saying that the Russian Ambassador to germany was indeed summoned this afternoon to make it clear to him again that germany like the rest of the e. U. As well. To see some urgent car if occasion coming out of moscow say where germany and its partners both in nato and the e. U. Go from here will very much depend on what kind of response moscow offers i would say the volley of course saw in the kremlin side that he is he is a russian he was taken ill in russia we had a few days ago this diplomatic spat between russia and germany as to whether or not he could be transferred to a german hospital why is germany involved in this. Well initially it was actually an ngo that brought in a volley. And so it wasnt on the diplomatic grounds but ever since no valley has arrived here in berlin the German Government has made it made it very clear that they support the volume want to make sure that hes brought back to full health and they have condemned what to do already being confirmed by the shall i say hospital when of on the is being treated which was a poisoning but it was only today that a special test carried out by the German Military and that we were able to find out here in germany that he was indeed poisoned by novacek and we have severe civilian hospital working hand in hand with a military Test Facility here in germany sorry folk at your feet that we have a civilian hospital bashara tape working hand in hand with military Scientific Research as it ought to be stopped that this was not the cho. We certainly do and this was of course a very unique case but the the department within the bundeswehr within the German Military that was responsible for carrying out the specials has focuses on the use of chemical weapons and also the protection of civilians and soldiers and the military against chemical weapons so really this was to take a deeper look after that confirmation by the showers a hospital here and by then of on the had indeed been poisoned they have now been able to determine that it was by a nerve agent the north the soviet era nerve agent kate brady Political Correspondent thank you. Well as kate was saying novacek is this the same version that was used to poison the British Intelligence agent and his daughter in 2018 the kremlin has been suspect of involvement in that and several other poisonings over recent years so heres a closer look. In march 28th a poisoning in the u. K. City of souls priest shops the world russian double agent surrogates and his daughter yulia were found unconscious on a park bench. They had been poisoned with a military grade chalk nerve agent a u. K. Investigation blamed russia for the attack moscow denied any involvement and while the scruple survived others werent so lucky one woman who came into contact with residues of the nerve agent later died and before then another russian defector had been poisoned in the u. K. Although members will note. The death drugs all believe in you in 2006 the former russian agent Alexander Litvinenko fled to london in 2000 he became ill and died in 2006 after drinking tea laced with radioactive polonium 210. 00 a british inquiry found that his killing had been ordered at the highest level. That further. That the 1st operation to. Mr litvinenko was approved by the state but. The. F. S. B. And also president putin another case is a victim. In 2004 he was a ukrainian Opposition Leader running against moscows preferred candidate he fell ill after having dinner with Ukrainian Security officials doctors say he was poisoned with the chemical dioxin he survived going on to become president of ukraine. And activist peoc to a vessel of who has ties to russian protest group percy riot managed to survive what he says was a poisoning attempt in 2018 his theories backed by doctors who treated him in berlin Person Office says he was targeted because of his activism. Its more of a. Kind of like a warning gesture so as to indicate. Some people who might want to go down that path to not do it the kremlin has consistently denied involvement in these cases and while it can be almost impossible to prove whos guilty does it off and others sure who is to blame. It would be doubly news live from berlin that we cant show up with where we are up to the German Government has announced that it has proof the russian Opposition Leader and acts in a valley was poisoned with the chemical nerve agent novi chalk so this those tests have been conducted in Charity Hospital and in the last 5 or 10 minutes the chancellor came out to address the press ok brady Political Correspondent who was watching just talk us through some of the main points of what the chancellor had to say kate. I think one of the main points that merkel highlighted when she spoke to the press just within the last hour was the fact that the valley was indeed a victim of crime a crime against basic rights and values that we stand for is what machall says it was also very clear that germany like the rest of its partners especially in the e. U. And in nato as well are expects an urgent clarification from moscow merkel said that the results of these talks ology test it raises questions that only the russian government can answer and that the world is indeed waiting and as we heard there in the report weve been here before in some very similar cases but what of course makes this different as well in this case is that of course like in one of those other cases thats a lot of who was brought here back in 2018 and a valley is also currently on german soil receiving treatment and he is indeed one of the leading opponents of lives and may have putin so this he carries huge political weight stay with us kate well hear some of whats at the chancellor had to say this is the german chancellor Angela Merkel speaking in the last 5 or 10. Minutes her for. The Union Minister for an affair is a defense of the of the interior of justice and the head of the Chancellors Office concer in the new insights in the case of mr novell the and we discussed. As to what to do with these insights this afternoon we have informed you in writing already. The information is disconcerting about the attempted poisoning of one of the leading opposition politicians and russia this is why it is important for me to talk to you here directly as of august 22nd mr nevada has a 1000000000 and treatment here in germany in berlin for humanitarian reasons and as his family desired we have made it possible to transfer him to germany the Charity Hospital has. Had the German Armed Forces to examine the Clinical Evidence and now we have clear findings Alexander Valley was a victim of an attack with a chemical agent of the navi chalk group this is a point isnt that can be undoubtedly found in the Clinical Evidence that makes it sure that alex in about me is the victim of a crime he was to be silenced and i condemn that on behalf of the federal government i condemn it strongly i would like to seize the opportunity to express my concerns on behalf of Alexander Valley and reach out to his family who is suffering difficult times i hope and wish that he will be able to recover from this at tack i call the federal president and discussed the new developments in the case now. But them the federal government also has informed the parliamentary groups on the german blondest park. Which is the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons and dan how we will also establish a contact the Russian Ambassador or house being informed this afternoon about the findings in the. Federal Chancellors Office and we expect the russian government to make a diff declaration visa v. The incident of course it raises severe questions that only the russian government can answer and will have to answer the fate of alex am only has raised to the attention internationally and the world is expecting answers we inform our partners in the European Union and nato. About the findings we will discuss and consult together and based on information coming from russia and we will decide on joint action the crime against Alexander Valley is a crime against the basic values and basic rights we stand for thank you. So that was german chancellor Angela Merkel us speaking in the last 10 minutes let me remind you of what the story of the German Government says it has proof the russian opposition they doubt id say in the valley was poisoned the military a chemical nerve agent not the chalk so thats the result of the latest test from berlin sherry tate hospital where hes being treated and he fell ill on a flight from siberia to moscow about this month and was rushed to hospital in. Russian doctors rejected allegations that he been poisoned and he was then transferred for treatment in berlin 2 days later medics here say that he still used coma but stable and you just heard the chance of that condemning the poisoning and saying that the Russian Ambassador had been summoned to moscow says its yet to receive any official confirmation of the diagnosis about d. W. Political correspondent kate to brady is with us shes been looking over all that so strong words from the chancellor kate disconcerting she talked about this being a crime and condemned it strongly so the stage is set we have evidence but what makes the germans so clear that they see is russia behind this. Well the norther chalk nerve agents in my of remember that we heard this the name of this nerve agent a lot just a couple of years ago i was also used in the poisoning of the form of russian spy sturgis cripple and his daughter in the u. K. And also on top of that for a long time the valleys allies as it were have been pointing the finger towards russia and there are of course many similarities between this case and also previous cases of poisonings some of them deadly but what would the world and especially germany and its in you partners and nato partners awaiting for now is for a response from russia theyve called on moscow called on the on the kremlin for urgent clarification of the background to this poisoning of alexy says you say so far the kremlin is saying that it hasnt had an official notification of this new diagnosis which is of course as we now know a diagnosis of poisoning by nor the chalk and that was convert them today following some specialist toxicology tests that were carried out between the sherry tate hospital where alex and of on the is being treated and also a special unit of the German Military part of the German Bundeswehr well i suppose we can safely speculate but Vladimir Putin is unlikely to say ok fair enough yes it was us so looking beyond that where does this leave relations between germany and russia have already kind of rocky. They are extremely rocky at the moment says it has also already been tensions have been growing between berlin and moscow not least of all because of a previous case a murder of a georgia man here in berlin which germany is still waiting for clarification from moscow as to possible involvement in that case as well and also because when it comes to dealing on diplomatic minefields at the moment germanys very clear closely watching whats going on in bella roost as well and what action and the possible involvement of russia there as well so there are a lot of very thin diplomatic lines to tread but one direction that moscow could go in is at least the announcement of a special inquiry if they can at least show some efforts into providing some kind of clarification to the rest of the world only case but as you say it is very unlikely that moscow is about to turn around and say yes we were responsible for this meanwhile theres a man in the hospital and i mean to stick over what else to be know about the valleys situation. Well the shares a hospital where hes being treated released an update of a situation that just this evening saying that he is still in a serious condition he remains in intensive care and hes also on a breathing support system at the moment but his situation is said to to be stable. Kate some of this out for us ive ever what sort of reaction are we likely to get from from you part is your job of course holding the rotating presidency of the e. U. The moment. Nato is this likely to be a fight that nato wants to get involved in. Certainly that all depends regardless of whether were looking at response from the e. U. Level with whether