Russia is interested in clarifying what happened to Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny and needs wider cooperation with Germany in this case, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.
“OUR INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITIES ARE CARRYING OUT THE NECESSARY VERIFICATION ACTIONS”
To launch an investigation, Moscow must have serious grounds such as test results from the German side, confirming Navalny was poisoned because Russian doctors failed to find traces of toxins, Peskov told reporters in Moscow.
“We are certainly interested in establishing the reasons for what happened to the Berlin patient. Our investigative authorities are carrying out the necessary verification actions. Information from the German side will definitely help these actions. So far, we have not received any information, and we hope that this will happen soon,” he said.
Peskov also stressed that nobody in Russia profits from Navalny’s poisoning, adding that Moscow does not accept any accusations on this point. “The Russian Attorney General’s office sent a request for mutual legal assistance to Berlin, which was received by the German side. The answer has not followed yet,” he said.