Germany says it will discuss a response with allies if Russia fails to clarify what happened.
Germany, which holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, will discuss possible sanctions against Russia if the Kremlin does not provide an explanation soon, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Sunday.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell last week called on Moscow to cooperate with an international probe into the poisoning and said the 27-nation bloc would not rule out sanctions.Britain said Sunday that Russia had"a very serious set of questions to answer" and it was"clear" the Kremlin critic was poisoned with Novichok.
German authorities had failed to respond to a request by Russian prosecutors sent on August 27, she said in a Facebook post. "By not sending its answer, Berlin is stalling the process of investigation for which it's calling. On purpose?" "Only a small number of people have access to Novichok and this poison was used by Russian secret services in the attack against former agent Sergei Skripal," he said, referring to a 2018 attack on the former double agent and his daughter in the English city of Salisbury.
Some politicians, including Chancellor Angela Merkel's longtime rival Friedrich Merz and foreign affairs committee chair Norbert Roettgen, have called for the pipeline to be stopped.Bild slammed Merkel last week for comments that Nord Stream 2 should be judged independently from Moscow's actions.
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