Russian Oppostion Leader Navalany poisoned Novichok .

Russian Opposition leader Alexy Navalany 

Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was poisoned with the same type of Soviet-era nerve agent that British authorities identified in a 2018 attack on a former Russian spy.

The German government said testing by a German military laboratory showed "proof without doubt of a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok group".

The Berlin hospital treating Navalny said he remains in a serious condition though he is improving.

It said it expects a long recovery, and it still cannot rule out long-term consequences from the poisoning.
The Kremlin said Russia was ready to cooperate fully with Germany. Russia had not received an answer to its request for German doctors to share their findings.

The White House said it is "deeply troubled" by confirmation in Germany.
"Alexei Navalny's poisoning is completely reprehensible," National Security Council spokesman John Ullyot said on Twitter .

The European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen denounced what she called the "despicable and cowardly" poisoning of Navalny.
Those responsible should be brought to justice, she said.