DISINFO: US forced Merkel lie about Navalny's poisoning

Another pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative and conspiracy theory alleging that the European Union is under direction from Washington. No evidence is provided to support the claim. Also the claim advances recurrent pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about the poisoning of activist Alexei Navalny and Western Russophobia. On August 20, the day Navalny was poisoned, the chancellor stressed that it is necessary to find out what happened to the Russian opposition activist as soon as possible. Also Merkel made an urgent statement immediately after she received confirmation from a German laboratory that Navalny had been poisoned with a nerve agent from the Novichok group. After the first results of the investigation into the poison, Merkel said that Berlin now expected Moscow to explain itself and that Germany would consult its NATO allies about how to respond, raising the prospect of new Western sanctions on Russia, sending Russian asset prices tumbling. “This is disturbing information about the attempted murder through poisoning against a leading Russian opposition figure,” Merkel told a news conference. “Alexei Navalny was the victim of an attack with a chemical nerve agent of the Novichok group.”