Russian President Vladimir Putin has guaranteed to set up a panel of inquiry right into the suspected nerve-agent poisoning of popular Kremlin doubter Alexei Navalny, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte stated in a meeting released Thursday.
Germany claimed last week it has “indisputable proof” that Navalny, 44, was infected with a nerve representative from the Novichok family. On Thursday, Conte informed Italy’s Il Foglio daily that “the German federal government’s placement coincides with that of Italy and Europe.”
” President Putin guaranteed me that Russia agrees to clarify what took place, I anticipate that he’ll establish a board of query,” Conte said.
He included that Putin informed him he prepared to accept the German authorities.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Thursday that Putin had actually informed Conte regarding an initial query into the event with Navalny, adding that Russia sees no legal grounds for opening up an investigation. Peskov stated he did not dismiss a “misunderstanding” in between both leaders.
A Kremlin readout of the leaders’ Aug. 26 call notes that Putin “revealed interest in a comprehensive and also impartial investigation of all the situations of the incident.” It highlighted Putin’s denial of “early and also dubious” allegations that the Russian state contributed in Navalny’s assassination effort.
Conte’s office released a much more quick wrap-up of the telephone call, saying “Covid-19, Belarus, eastern Ukraine, Libya, Navalny’s case as well as reciprocal relations were the major topics of the talks.”
Navalny dropped seriously ill on a flight from Siberia to Moscow on Aug. 20, motivating the pilots to make an emergency situation touchdown in the city of Omsk.
Physicians at the Omsk health center where Navalny was treated for 2 days before being flown to Germany preserve that no traces of poisonous substance were found in his system.
Russian officials have actually stated they have seen no proof that Navalny was poisoned while Navalny’s allies have asked for a criminal probe into the poisoning.
A Russian court recently declined his allies’ grievance that authorities had failed to open a criminal investigation right into the attempted murder. The court said that investigators had actually passed their grievance to a local branch.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry mobilized Germany’s ambassador to Moscow on Wednesday to require more info regarding Navalny’s treatment in Berlin. The ministry’s spokesperson declared this week that Germany was “bluffing” in insisting that Navalny was the victim of an assassination attempt.