The accusations of RT in Germany by the Bild tabloid of “spying” on blogger Alexei Navalny are a symptom of the evolution of the political structure of the West from classical liberal democracy to a new society built on cultivating the image of an enemy and totalitarian like-mindedness, Elena Panina, a member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, told RIA Novosti …
Earlier it was reported that RT in Germany (RT DE) was preparing a lawsuit against the German newspaper Bild after the publication of a tabloid that the editorial staff of RT DE was allegedly “spying on Alexei Navalny.”
According to Panina, a campaign is currently underway in the West to totally discredit the Russian media, primarily RT.
The reason, according to the parliamentarian, lies not only in “permanent Russophobia”, but also in the desire to seal the information space, to exclude the possibility of any alternative point of view.
“Such phenomena are a symptom of the evolution of the political structure of the West from classical liberal democracy to a new society built on the cultivation of the image of the enemy and totalitarian like-mindedness,” Panina stated.
Navalny was hospitalized in Omsk on August 20, 2020 after he fell ill on a plane en route from Tomsk. Based on the results of the examinations, the Omsk doctors called the main diagnosis a metabolic disorder, which caused a sharp change in blood sugar. According to Omsk doctors, no poisons were found in Navalny’s blood and urine.
Later he was transported by plane to Germany. After that, the FRG government announced, citing military doctors, that Navalny was allegedly poisoned with a substance from the Novichok group of toxic warfare agents. Later, the Cabinet of Ministers of the Federal Republic of Germany reported that the conclusions of German experts were confirmed by the laboratories of Sweden and France, in parallel, the OPCW, at the request of Berlin, is conducting its own research.
The Kremlin said that Berlin did not inform Moscow of its findings, and the Russian Foreign Ministry stressed that Russia is awaiting a response from Germany to an official request on this situation. Russia then sent Germany requests for legal assistance, but the answers to them at that time were not received, as well as from the OPCW – to the corresponding letters. On the day of Navalny’s hospitalization, Russian prosecutors and police began to conduct their checks.
The FRG authorities did not earlier deny that the German intelligence service BND had access to the Novichok military poisoning agent since the 1990s. The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that the West and the OPCW, by not providing the Russian Federation with information about the substance with which Navalny was allegedly poisoned, are hiding the key “evidence.”