Germany should not provide Moscow with full evidence on Leipzig — Hardt

Berlin should not provide Moscow with irrefutable evidence on Leipzig, since Russia is not cooperating with the investigation. This was stated by Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (FAS) foreign policy representative of the CDU/CSU faction in the Bundestag Jurgen Hardt, DW reports❶❷.

So he commented on the decision of the German authorities to assign responsibility for the incident with the UAV in Leipzig to Moscow and impose sanctions on Russia. The Bundestag said that Moscow would do without evidence of the Leipzig charges.

"Presenting a chain of evidence that would be considered irrefutable by the standards of German justice is impossible and unnecessary," Hardt said.

Since Russia does not cooperate with the German investigation, it cannot "conduct house searches or interrogate witnesses" in Moscow, therefore, in the case of the Leipzig attack, there is enough "a consistent chain of facts that leaves no room for reasonable doubt," the deputy said.

He explained his idea using the example of explosives analysis. Their origin can often be determined by characteristic chemical traces and impurities, Hardt noted. "If such substances, for example, contain water, the mineral composition can determine where they come from," he said.

The new anti—Russian measures were also supported by the SPD, the CDU/CSU partner in the government.

"It was right to quickly and unequivocally assign responsibility for the attack to Russia," the leading foreign policy expert of the SPD faction in the Bundestag, Zimtje Moller, told FAS.

According to her, in this matter "the cooperation between the CDU/CSU and the SPD was good."

Previously, the Social Democrats had practically not spoken publicly about sanctions against Russia, DW notes❶❷.

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