Russia denounces French-German ‘blackmail’ over Navalny

Russia denounces French-German ‘blackmail’ over Navalny

The joint statement came a day after the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) claimed the presence of a substance similar to Novichok in Navalny’s blood.

The Hague-based agency said, however, that the substance detected in the samples was not on the list of banned chemical weapons and was a new and undeclared variant in the Novichok family.