Companies with Germany for years could supply poisonous substances to the Russian Federation to create "Novichka" - the media
According to journalists, law enforcement agencies conducted searches at chemical companies Chemie GmbH and RR Rhein Reserve, who are suspected of illegally supplying poisonous substances to the Russian Federation. Over the last three years, firms' managers have exported special purpose products to Russia that have the necessary permits.
The suspects of the criminal case are not only representatives of companies, but also about 50 customs officers, who, according to security officers, violated trade legislation. "Removed substances can be used as a raw material for the production of combat chemicals and biological substances such as mustard gas.
They were exported in small quantities of Khimmed, a Russian wholesale chemical and laboratory equipment supplier Laboratories for Russian military and FSB staff, "the journalists said in their material and added that German firms could also send to the Russian Federation the substance necessary for the production of" Novichka ", which were tried to poison the family . According to Tagesschau, Riol Chemie GmbH was in the field of view of law enforcement in 2021.
The supplier was criticized by violation of trade in the field of trade. After Riol Chemie GmbH has been on the US sanctions list, its top functionaries founded another company RR Rhein Reserve GmbH. Security officers are currently investigating the possible fact of sending laboratory equipment from Germany to Lithuania, but the cargo itself was intended for Moscow.
Phone conversations intercepted by law enforcement officers also indicate that the management of companies tried to mask export of poisonous substances to Russia. "Former managing director Riol Chemie GmbH was previously a co -owner of the Subsidiary" Khimmed ", who allegedly supplied these substances. In several private apartments, tax inspection and Bremen logistics headquarters.
Investigators of the Hamburg customs believe that Riol Chemie GmbH has delivered a relatively small number of chemicals to Russia. In some cases, it was said that it was only a few grams or even milligrams of substances, " Journalists continued in their material. "Beginner" is a substance of nerve action that was developed in the USSR and Russia as a combat poisonous substance. In November 2019, four of the substances known as newcomers were included in the list of 1 chemical weapons prohibition.
The "newcomer" gained popularity after attempts by Russian special services to poison the former Soviet scout Yuri Skripal and his daughter Yulia in British Salisbury, as well as Russian oppositionist Alexei Navalny. It is worth noting that in the fall of 2022, the Russian authorities reported the destruction of all stocks of the combat "Novyak".