Germany, where Navalny is in hospital, has said he was poisoned with a Soviet-style Novichok nerve agent and wants the perpetrators held to account. Russia has until now not opened a criminal investigation and said there is no evidence yet of a crime.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow wanted to find out through dialog with Germany what exact substance caused Navalny to fall ill. He said Russian specialists were looking into the case.