Alexei Navalny, 44, the Kremlin critic, collapsed during a flight from Siberia to Moscow and is now being treated in a Berlin hospitalNato said today there was no question that Alexei Navalny had been poisoned with novichok and called on Russia to disclose to international authorities its programme for the production of the nerve agent. “There is proof beyond doubt that Mr Navalny was poisoned using a military-grade nerve agent from the novichok group. The use of such a weapon is horrific,” Jens Stoltenberg, the Nato secretary-general, said. “Any use of chemical weapons shows a total disrespect for human lives and is an unacceptable breach of international laws and rules. The Russian government must fully co-operate with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on an impartial international investigation.”Mr Navalny, 44, a

Source: The Times September 04, 2020 16:12 UTC