Russia denial of Navalny poisoning taken with grain of salt: Champagne
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OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Canada and its G7 allies are taking Russia’s denials of the poisoning of Alexei Navalny with a “grain of salt.”
Champagne tells The Canadian Press Canada is working with Germany and G7 partners on a co-ordinated response to Russia’s attack on the leading political opposition figure.
The minister is also working on Canada’s next moves on Hong Kong as he speaks from a post-trip quarantine after visiting four countries last week.
Champagne recently took part in a virtual G20 foreign ministers’ meeting, which includes Russia, but Canada chose the smaller, more democratic G7 to have a more robust discussion about dealing with what he calls an outrageous move by the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin to stifle dissent in his country.
