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Disinfo: The objective of EU sanctions is to increase Russophobia

Summary

Calls for tougher sanctions and an independent investigation, despite the fact that no one will provide answers to all the questions about Navalny to Russia, aims exclusively to increase “Russophobia” in order to advance the selfish interests of some actors.

Disproof

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative on the poisoning of Navalny, portraying Western governments and institutions as inherently Russophobic and trying to harm Russia.

A prominent Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny fell ill during a flight from Siberia to Moscow on the 20th of August. Initially hospitalized in Omsk,  at the request of his family he was transferred to Charité hospital in Berlin.

Clinical findings at the Charité hospital indicated that Navalny was poisoned with a substance from the group of cholinesterase inhibitors. Subsequent toxicological tests provided unequivocal evidence of a chemical nerve agent of the Novichok group in the blood samples of Alexei Navalny.

Pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets frequently present a variety of mutually exclusive versions of what happened to Alexei Navalny. Similar techniques were used to sow doubt about the poisoning of Sergei Skripal with the nerve agent Novichok by GRU agents.

Read similar disinformation cases alleging that the West will falsely accuse Russia of poisoning Navalny, as with Skripal and Litvinenko and that many questions to be answered on Navalny blood tests in Berlin.

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Sputnik Arabic (Archived)
akhbarak.net (Archived)
New Hub (Archived)
newsformy.com (Archived)
uk-arabicnews.com (Archived)
  • Reported in: Issue 213
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 17/09/2020
  • Language/target audience: Arabic
  • Country: Russia
  • Keywords: Skripal, novichok, Alexei Navalny, Russophobia, Sanctions

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Disproof

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Disproof

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Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about Ukraine and NATO.

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