World / Russia has serious questions to answer on Navalny's poisoning: UK

Speaking on the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, UK Foreign Minister Dominic Raab said, "...the Russian government has a very serious set of questions to answer." Earlier, Germany said that Navalny was poisoned using Novichok nerve agent. Raab further said that Russia has an obligation to make sure that chemical weapons are not used on its soil.

LONDON- Russia must explain how Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned with what Germany says was the Novichok nerve agent, British foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday.

“What is clear right now is that the Russian government has a very serious set of questions to answer,” he told Sky News.

Whether the incident involved a state actor or not, Russia had obligations to make sure that chemical weapons cannot be used on its soil, Raab said.