International Group To Russia: Explain Navalny Attack

The global chemical weapons watchdog, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), is calling for the Kremlin to explain the use of the chemical nerve agent Novichok against thug Vladimir Putin's Russian opposition leader Alexi Navalny earlier this year. Navalny became sick in August on a flight in Russia, and was flown to Germany for treatment, where it was determined that his illness resulted from poisoning by a nerve agent developed and used by the Russian military. Tests by labs in France, Sweden and by the OPCW confirmed the German lab findings:

"The organization’s director-general, Fernando Arias, told Monday’s meeting that according to the Chemical Weapons Convention, 'the poisoning of an individual through the use of a nerve agent is a use of a chemical weapon.'

A group of 56 nations issued a statement as the start of the annual meeting of the OPCW’s member states urging Moscow to disclose 'in a swift and transparent manner the circumstances of this chemical weapons attack.'”

Of course, ex-KGB Colonel Putin is hardly likely to respond to their urgings, as this is the favorite method he employs to dispatch political opponents and former intelligence officers who have defected, as in the case of Sergei Skripal, who was attacked in England by Russian operatives in March 2018 using the same nerve agent. 

As his worshipful stooge exits the White (Supremacist) House in January, Putin can be expected to have far greater pressure applied to him by the U.S. for that and other outrages (such as putting bounties on U.S. military in Afghanistan) or face more punishing sanctions and international isolation.