DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
- Outlet: abudhabi-news.com ( archive, original ) , akhbarak.net ( archive, original ) , albidda.net ( archive, original ) , alderaah-news.net ( archive, original ) , Al Minasa Press ( archive, original ) , arabic.rt.com ( archive, original ) , dmcnews.org ( archive, original ) , emeknes.com ( archive, original ) , gerasanews.com ( archive, original ) , hashtagelyoum.com ( archive, original ) , headtopics.com ( original ) , kachaf.com ( original ) , kol-masr.com ( original ) , news-sinaa.com ( original ) , news.albraq-news.com ( original ) , yaf3press.net ( original )
- Date of publication: September 15, 2020
- Countries / regions discussed: Germany, Russia
AI translations:
DISINFO: Berlin considers Navalny’s data as state secret
SUMMARY
Berlin has refused to provide Moscow with data on (Alexei) Navalny’s case, on a bilateral basis, citing it as a state secret.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about Aleksei Navalny's poisoning. Germany has responded to past Russian calls for Navalny's medical samples by saying that Russia should already have all it needs after its initial treatment of the dissident. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Germany informed the Russian ambassador to Germany, the EU and NATO, on the results of the investigation. Germany also informed Russia via diplomatic channels on the progress of the investigation. Arne Collatz, a spokesman for Germany’s Defence Ministry said the data had been provided to the Hague-based Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
“This international organization, of which Russia is also a member, has a treaty-based mandate to oversee and enforce the ban on the use, production, storage as well as research into chemical weapons.”
Furthermore, on September 11, Berlin’s Justice Ministry approved a request from Moscow for legal assistance in the investigation and information on Navalny’s state of health, “subject to his consent.” This article also claimed that Navalny was not poisoned with Novichok since he came out of the coma. Read similar disinformation messages alleging that the West has an interest in the death of Navalny to launch a new wave of sanctions against Russia, that only traces of alcohol and caffeine were found in Navalny's blood, that the West will falsely accuse Russia of poisoning Navalny, as with Skripal and Litvinenko or that US used Navalny case to block Russian vaccine against COVID-19.