The President of the Russian Federation compared “citizen” Navalny to the violent Saakashvili
Russian President Vladimir Putin commented on the situation with the proposed poisoning of opposition blogger Alexei Navalny,
The question from Germany was raised during the broadcast of the Valdai Club meeting, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“We have heard many times about poisonings here and there. If the authorities wanted to poison someone, they would hardly have sent them to Germany. Is not it? Immediately, as soon as this citizen’s wife contacted me, I immediately instructed the prosecutor’s office to check the possibility of him leaving for treatment.” They might not have released him because he had travel restrictions related to the judicial investigation and criminal case. He left,” Putin said.
He criticized the position of Western countries regarding the investigation into the incident.
“We were told that traces of Novichok, the notorious and already well-known all over the world, had been found. I say, give us biological material and an official conclusion so that we can further investigate this and so that we have legal and formal grounds for concluding a criminal case. What did we ask for so unusual here?
In a conversation with one of the European leaders, I suggested that our specialists come together with French and German specialists, work on the spot, and obtain materials that we could use as the basis for a criminal case. And if it is a criminal event, investigate it. But they don’t give anything. How do you explain why?
Everything was transferred to the OPCW, and suddenly they tell us: this is not Novichok, this is something else. So is it a Newbie or not a Newbie? Doubts are already arising,” Putin said.
He also appreciated Navalny's role in Russian politics.
“We have a lot of people like Saakashvili. But I don’t think that these people constitute (a serious force) at this point in time, maybe something will happen to them too, some kind of transformation, which in principle is not bad, that they too will turn into people who are involved in real politics, and not just making noise on the street,” Putin concluded.
Russian version :: Read in English The Russian President compared "citizen" Navalny to the violent Saakashvili.