Application to the FSB demanding an investigation into the circumstances of Alexei Navalny’s poisoning. The application was important because on 06.10.2020, the OPCW issued a report according to which the analyses carried out confirmed the presence in Navalny A.A.’s biomaterials of signs of poisoning by a chemical weapon.
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To the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation 1/3 Bolshaya Lubyanka St., Moscow 107031 from the representative of Alexei Anatolyevich Navalny, born 04.06.1976 Vladlen Kornelyevich Los 19 Leninskaya Sloboda St., Office 21A Moscow 115280 Tel. 8-985-546-42-75 Email address: los@fbk.info
CRIME REPORT
On 20 August 2020, at around 6:00 a.m., politician Alexei Anatolyevich Navalny, chairman of the Russia of the Future political party and founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation non-profit organization, left the Xander Hotel at 24A Krylov St., Tomsk, for Tomsk Airport to fly back to Moscow from a business trip on flight No. 7 2614 operated by Siberia Airlines JSC.
During the flight, A.A. Navalny experienced acute pain and symptoms of poisoning by an unknown substance. The flight crew then made an emergency landing in Omsk. A.A. Navalny was hospitalized with symptoms of poisoning at City Clinical Emergency Hospital No. 1 in Omsk, where he was placed on artificial ventilation and fell into a coma.
On 22 August 2020, A.A. Navalny was transferred to the Charité hospital (Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany). During treatment, samples were taken from A.A. Navalny that confirmed the presence in his body of a toxin, a cholinesterase inhibitor, which is a chemical warfare agent. These findings were confirmed by independent laboratories in France and Sweden. Pursuant to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (1993), Germany submitted a request to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for technical assistance.
On 06 October 2020, the OPCW issued a report according to which the analyses carried out confirmed the presence in Navalny's blood and urine
of a biomarker with structural characteristics similar to those of the substances listed in items A.14 and A.15 of the Annex to the Chemical Weapons Convention (OPCW Schedule 1). In other words, the toxin used against A.A. Navalny belongs to the family of fluorophosphorus organic nerve agents known as Novichok, which were developed in the USSR and the Russian Federation.
The Russian Federation ratified the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction on 05 November 1997. Under Article 1 of the Convention, each State Party undertakes never, under any circumstances, to develop, produce, otherwise acquire, stockpile or retain chemical weapons, or to transfer, directly or indirectly, chemical weapons to anyone; and not to use chemical weapons.
According to the report of the chairman of the State Commission for Chemical Weapons Destruction dated 27 September 2017, the Russian Federation completed the destruction of all existing stockpiles of chemical weapons. However, the poisoning of A.A. Navalny with a previously unknown toxin from the Novichok family indicates the development, production, and stockpiling of chemical weapons, which are weapons of mass destruction.
In view of the above, and pursuant to Article 141 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation, I REQUEST:
That a criminal case be initiated on the grounds of the elements of the offense provided for in Article 355 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
I am aware of the provisions of Article 306 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
Attachment: copy of the representative's power of attorney.
Representative of A.A. Navalny 2 Lyu V.K. Los