Parliamentarians of Russia and Germany spoke about the situation with Alexei Navalny. The letter from the representatives of the Bundestag and the State Duma was received by RIA Novosti.
The letter was signed by Robbie Schlund from the German side and Pavel Zavalny from the Russian side. They called for a distinction between politics and economics, since this is especially important “in the sensitive area” of Russian-German relations.
The parliamentarians said in a statement that the Bundestag and the State Duma insist on a constructive and impartial investigation into the incident with Navalny. It is noted that it is not linked to cooperation between Berlin and Moscow.
Earlier, the head of the Bundestag Committee on Economy and Energy Klaus Ernst considered the calls to stop the construction of the gas pipeline a mistake. In his opinion, Nord Stream 2 should ensure the security of gas supply to Europe, so that the suspension of the project is not in the interests of European countries.
On September 7, German government spokesman Steffen Seibert reported that the country's Chancellor Angela Merkel admits a change in attitude towards Nord Stream 2 and the introduction of sanctions against it due to the situation around the Russian. Prior to that, she argued that the project is purely economic and not related to politics.
Alexei Navalny became ill on the morning of August 20 during a flight from Tomsk to Moscow, the plane urgently landed in Omsk. On August 22, the oppositionist was taken to a Berlin clinic. The German authorities announced the poisoning of a Russian citizen with the poison of the Novichok group. Russian doctors claim that the tests did not show the presence of any poisons in Navalny's body. The head physician of the Omsk ambulance hospital No. 1, Alexander Murakhovsky, claimed that the patient had a carbohydrate balance disorder.
