German Government: Navalny Was Poisoned With Novichok Nerve Agent

German Government: Navalny Was Poisoned With Novichok Nerve Agent

The German government said Wednesday they've determined what Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was poisoned with.

According to CNN, it was a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok group.

Navalny fell ill on a flight from the Siberian city of Tomsk to Moscow last month, and is being treated at a Berlin hospital.

Alexei Navalny was the victim of an attack with a chemical nerve agent in Russia.

The federal government condemns this attack in the strongest possible terms. Steffen Seibert Spokesman, German government In March of 2018, Novichok was used in an attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his adult daughter, in Salisbury, England.