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Alexei Navalny: Germany urges EU action over Novichok poisoning - Published A top ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that the EU risks becoming irrelevant if it fails to act against Russia over the poisoning of opposition politician Alexei Navalny. Norbert Röttgen said a major gas deal with Russia must now be reconsidered. The Russian government has been widely condemned after Germany confirmed on Wednesday that Mr Navalny had been poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent. He is gravely ill in intensive care in Berlin's Charité hospital. Mr Navalny was flown to the German capital after collapsing in pain on a flight in Siberia on 20 August. His supporters believe poison was put in his tea at Tomsk airport. Mr Röttgen, chair of the German parliament's foreign affairs committee, demanded a tough EU response in the Navalny case. Novichok is an extremely toxic, military-grade weapon that experts say must have come from a state facility. "Now, again, we are brutally confronted with the reality of the Putin regime, which treats people with contempt," Mr Röttgen told German public broadcaster ARD. He noted that President Vladimir Putin had projected Russian power in Syria, Libya and Belarus, and said: "The question is, are the Europeans always going to end up doing nothing? If so, then we'll become irrelevant, we won't be taken seriously." Members of the Nato defence alliance will discuss the poisoning at a special meeting on Friday. Mrs Merkel earlier said Mr Navalny was a victim of attempted murder and the world would look to Russia for answers. She said there would be an "appropriate joint response" by the EU and Nato, describing the poisoning of Mr Navalny as "an attack on the fundamental values and basic rights to which we are committed". The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said poisoning someone with a nerve agent "is considered a use of chemical weapons". It called the alleged attack "a matter of grave concern" and pledged to help any state that asks for its help. The Kremlin has not accepted the diagnosis in Germany, saying it has not seen German data on Mr Navalny's condition. "There are no grounds to accuse the Russian state," Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for President Putin, told reporters, adding that Germany and other EU nations should not "hurry with their assessments". Doubts over Russian gas deal Mr Röttgen warned that Germany would risk becoming dependent on Russia by completing Nord Stream 2, a controversial 1,225km (760-mile) gas pipeline owned by Russia's Gazprom. He also warned that doing so would encourage Mr Putin to ignore Western protestations over the Navalny case and other attacks on his political opponents. Mr Röttgen is a candidate to succeed Mrs Merkel as chancellor next year. On Tuesday Mrs Merkel reiterated her wish to see Nord Stream 2 completed. President Donald Trump has imposed sanctions on any firm that helps Gazprom to complete the project. However, his critics are asking why he has not commented on the targeting of Mr Navalny. His rival in the presidential race, Joe Biden, accused the Kremlin of "an outrageous and brazen attempt on Mr Navalny's life". "Donald Trump has refused to confront Putin, calling him a 'terrific person'," Mr Biden said. Mr Navalny was put into a medically induced coma after falling ill. His team says he was poisoned on President Putin's orders. The Kremlin has dismissed the allegation. A team of German specialists has found "unequivocal proof" that a Novichok nerve agent was used. The Charité hospital says it expects Mr Navalny's recovery to take a long time and cannot rule out long-term after-effects, but the agent's blockage of his cholinesterase enzyme is declining. On Wednesday the Kremlin spokesman called on Germany for a full exchange of information and foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova complained the Novichok allegations were not backed up by evidence. International outrage Novichok has been in the news before. It was used to poison former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the UK in 2018. While they survived, a British woman later died in hospital. The UK accused Russia's military intelligence of carrying out that attack. In a co-ordinated move, 20 countries expelled more than 100 Russian diplomats and spies. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson condemned the latest attack as "outrageous". "The Russian government must now explain what happened to Mr Navalny - we will work with international partners to ensure justice is done," he tweeted. The EU has demanded a "transparent" investigation by the Russian government. "Those responsible must be brought to justice," a statement read. The US National Security Council (NSC) said the suspected poisoning was "completely reprehensible". "We will work with allies and the international community to hold those in Russia accountable, wherever the evidence leads, and restrict funds for their malign activities," an NSC spokesman said. Alexei Navalny is a name President Putin refuses to say out loud. It's an attempt to diminish his political significance, but the endless prosecutions, police detentions and giant fines Mr Navalny has faced over the years tell a different story about his impact. He's certainly annoyed a lot of people, from those targeted by his anti-corruption investigations to Vladimir Putin himself. So it is possible someone wanted to resolve the "Navalny problem" for good. The timing is largely irrelevant. Why now? Well, why not. But if whoever did this hoped to contain the fallout - a mysterious collapse, never explained by Russian doctors - the fact Navalny's team got him to Germany has blown that calculation. The "collapse" is now a deliberate attack, and a major international scandal. The Kremlin response so far is familiar: deny, obfuscate, demand proof. Mr Putin's spokesman has even hinted that if Mr Navalny had been poisoned, then it must have happened in Germany because doctors here detected nothing suspicious. Expect to hear a lot more along those lines in the days to come.
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एलेक्सी नभाल्नी: पुटिनका कट्टर आलोचक रुसी नेतालाई 'स्नायुमा असर पर्ने विष दिइएको' जर्मनीको भनाइ रुसी विपक्षी नेता एलेक्सी नभाल्नीलाई नोभिचोक भनिने स्नायुमा असर गर्ने एउटा विष दिइएको भन्ने 'स्पष्ट प्रमाण' रहेको जर्मनीले जनाएको छ। जर्मन चान्सलर एङ्गेला मर्केलले नभाल्नीको हत्या प्रयास भएको त्यस्तो पदार्थ नभाल्नीको सम्पर्कमा कसरी आयो भन्ने जवाफ रुस सरकारले मात्र दिन सक्ने बताइन्। गत महिना साइबेरियामा उडानमा रहेको बेला अचानक बिरामी भएपछि नभाल्नीलाई उपचारका लागि बर्लिन ल्याइएको थियो। जर्मनीको एक अस्पतालमा उपचाररत उनी अहिले कोमामा छन्। आलोचना क्रेमलिनका एकजना प्रखर आलोचक नभाल्नीलाई सैन्य श्रेणीको विष दिइएको भन्ने जर्मन विज्ञहरूको भनाइ आएपछि त्यसको अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय रूपमा आलोचना भएको छ। जर्मन चान्सलर एङ्गेला मर्केलले विश्वले उक्त 'हत्या प्रयास'को जवाफ रुससँग खोज्ने बताएकी छन्। नोभिचोक नामको रसायनिक हतियारको रूपमा प्रयोग गरिने त्यस्तो पदार्थ तत्कालीन सोभियत सरकारले शीतयुद्धका बेला विकास गरेको थियो। ब्रिटिश प्रधानमन्त्री बोरिश जोनसनले यस घटनालाई 'निर्लज्ज' भन्दै त्यो के भएको हो भन्ने जवाफ रुस सरकारले दिनुपर्ने बताएका छन्। उनको भनाइ छ, "न्याय प्राप्ती सुनिश्चित गर्न हामी अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय साझेदारसँग मिलेर काम गर्नेछौँ।" ह्वाइटहाउसले घटनामा संलग्न रुसका जोकोहीलाई जिम्मेवार ठहर्याउन अमेरिका आफ्ना साझेदारहरूसँग मिलेर काम गर्ने जनाएको छ। युरोपेली सङ्घले समेत रुस सरकारसँग 'पारदर्शी अनुसन्धान'को माग गरेको छ। जर्मनीले थप के भन्यो? चान्सलर मर्केलले यस घटनालाई विपक्षी नेताहरूको मुख बन्द पार्ने प्रयास स्वरुप भएको बताइन्। जर्मनीले यसबारे उत्तर एटलान्टिक सन्धी सङ्घठन (नेटो) र ईयूलाई आफ्नो अनुसन्धानको नतिजाबारे जानकारी गराइसकेको जनाएको छ। र ती सङ्गठनहरूले रुसको प्रतिक्रियाको आधारमा एउटा साझा र उपयुक्त कदम चाल्ने चान्सलर मर्केलको भनाइ छ। बर्लिनले नभाल्नीकी श्रीमती र जर्मनीका लागि रुसी राजदूतलाई समेत आफ्ना निष्कर्षहरू जानकारी गराइने जनाएको छ। आरोप नभाल्नीका सहकर्मीहरूले उनलाई राष्ट्रपति पुटिनको आदेशमा विष दिइएको आरोप लगाउने गरेका छन्। क्रेमलिनले भने त्यसलाई अस्वीकार गरेको छ। मस्कोले जर्मन अधिकारीहरूसँग मिलेर त्यस पछाडिको अवस्था पत्ता लगाउन आफू तयार रहेको जनाएको छ। क्रेमलिनका प्रवक्ताले जर्मनीलाई पूर्ण जानकारी दिन माग गरेका छन्। रुसी विदेश मन्त्रालयका प्रवक्ता मरिआ जखारोभाले भने नोभिचोक सम्बन्धी आरोपको प्रमाण नभएको बताएकी छन्। उनले भनिन्: "खै कहाँ छ प्रमाण, कहाँ छ त्यसको सुत्र, कम्तिमा केही जानकारी?" यसअघिको प्रयोग सन् २०१८ नोभिचोकको प्रयोग ब्रिटेनमा एकजना पूर्वी रुसी जासुस सर्जेई स्क्रिपल र उनकी छोरीमा समेत प्रयोग गरिएको थियो। उनीहरू त्यसबाट बच्न सफल भए पनि एकजना ब्रिटिश महिलाको पछि अस्पतालमा मृत्यु भएको थियो। ब्रिटेनले रुसको सैन्य गुप्तचरलाई त्यस हमलाको आरोप लगाएको थियो। अन्य रसायनियक हतियारको तुलनामा निकै कडा हुने नोभिचोकका केही स्वरुपले ३० सेकेन्डदेखि २ मिनेटभित्रै असर देखाउँछन्।