of the German armed forces designated by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons identified an organophosphorus nerve agent from the Novichok group in blood samples collected immediately after the patient's admission to Charité." They also expressed the opinion that Navalny survived thanks to timely treatment and previous good health. After the publication, Navalny said that the evidence of the poisoning that Putin was demanding was now available to the whole world. Technical assistance visit by the OPCW team On 3 September 2020, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) received from the German government a request of assistance according to the Chemical Weapons Convention. A team of inspectors visited the Charité Hospital, met Navalny, confirmed his identity, and directly supervised and monitored blood and urine sampling, which was conducted by the hospital staff in line with the OPCW procedure. The samples, which were maintained under OPCW chain of custody, were transferred to two certified laboratories designated by the OPCW Director General. Researchers in the two OPCW designated laboratories, the laboratory in Bouchet, subordinate to the Direction générale de l'armement and Umeå, subordinate to the Swedish Defence Research Agency, confirmed Navalny's poisoning with a Novichok nerve agent. On 6 October 2020, the OPCW announced that results of testing samples obtained from Navalny had confirmed the presence of a Novichok nerve agent, saying: The exact structure of the agent involved has not been publicly disclosed, but according to the announcement above, the compound shares structural similarities with A-232 (the example compound for schedule 1.A.14) and A-242 (the example compound for schedule 1.A.15). It was emphasized that any use of chemical weapons is "reprehensible and wholly contrary to the legal norms established by the international community." United Nations special rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions Agnès Callamard and UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion Irene Khan have confirmed that they intend to investigate Navalny's poisoning at his request. Additional information available from semi-official or anonymous sources According to Die Zeit and Der Spiegel, "a new and improved version of the Novichok agent, which has not been encountered in the world before", was used in Navalny's poisoning. This new type of Novichok is more toxic and dangerous than its previously known variants, but acts more slowly. It had been planned that Navalny would die on board the plane, but he had survived "thanks