The Kingdom’s Foreign Minister noted that Denmark strongly condemns the “attempted assassination” of Navalny and stated the need for a transparent investigation into the situation.
Denmark will join the sanctions related to the situation around Alexei Navalny that France and Germany intend to offer to EU partners. This was announced on Friday by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Eppe Kufud at a press conference following a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
“We will of course join the sanctions against these people [involved in the situation around Navalny]”, – he said.
Kufoud added that Denmark strongly condemns the ‘attempted assassination’ of Navalny and stated the need for a ‘transparent, comprehensive and thorough’ investigation into the situation.
As Le Monde reported earlier, citing its own sources, the EU sanctions list for Navalny contains the names of nine people, including members of the presidential administration and security agencies. According to the newspaper, the list, which involves freezing bank accounts and a ban on travel to Europe, will be discussed at a meeting in Brussels on 12 October. The spokesman for the Russian President Dmitry Peskov did not comment on the publication of the French newspaper, noting that this “cannot and should not be a reason for any reaction”, and the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, earlier noted that restrictive measures in international relations lead to one thing – a response.
On 2 September the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany made a statement that Navalny had been exposed to a toxic substance from the “Beginner” group. According to Berlin, these findings were confirmed by laboratories in France and Sweden. Peskov repeatedly said that Russia was ready for comprehensive cooperation with Germany and noted that no toxic substances had been detected before the export of Navalny to Berlin.