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Founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) Alexei Navalny criticized US President Donald Trump because of his silence on the situation with the Novichok group's poisonous substance. He spoke about this in an interview with CBS News.
The oppositionist drew attention to the fact that the American leader did not condemn the incident, unlike German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron. “It is extremely important that everyone, especially the US president, speak out against the use of chemical weapons in the 21st century,” Navalny said.
Earlier, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden criticized the incumbent head of state for the same reason. He expressed the opinion that the current president is not capable of confronting Russian President Vladimir Putin.
On October 15, the European Union imposed sanctions against six Russians and one research institute over the situation with Navalny. In particular, the director of the FSB, Alexander Bortnikov, the head of the Russian president's internal policy department, Andrei Yarin, and others, fell under the sanctions.
Navalny became ill on August 20 during a flight from Tomsk to Moscow. In the first two days, doctors from the Omsk hospital helped him. They also introduced him to an artificial coma. On August 22, the patient was sent to a clinic in Berlin, whose doctors announced the discovery of traces of a substance from the Novichok group in Navalny's body. In September, Navalny was brought out of a coma and discharged; after rehabilitation, he intends to return to Russia.
