The Trump administration has not made any substantial statement on the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition leader, Alexey Navalny, in sharp contrast to European reaction, despite President Donald Trump saying Thursday his Secretary of State was looking into it.
« We haven’t seen it yet, » Trump said when asked if the US government had determined Navalny, who was hospitalized Thursday, had been poisoned. Navalny is in a coma which is the result of the suspected poising after drinking a cup of tea before taking a flight to Moscow from the Siberian city of Omsk, his spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said. The Siberian hospital treating the 44-year-old corruption investigator, an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin, rejected claims the Russian opposition leader had been poisoned on Friday. Navalny’s wife said the doctors there could not be trusted. No US comment The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The State Department has not replied to repeated inquiries on the topic. The Trump administration’s silence is in stark contrast to European leaders who are voicing and providing support to Navalny, who campaigned against Putin in Russia’s 2018 election but was barred from running.
