Envoy To OPCW Says Russia Found Participants of Staged ‘Chemical Attack’ Video in Syria

Envoy To OPCW Says Russia Found Participants of Staged ‘Chemical Attack’ Video in Syria

“Information Clearing House“ – THE HAGUE, April 16. /TASS/. Russian specialists who probed into the rumored use of chemical weapons in Syria’s Douma have found some participants in the faked video footage presented as evidence of an alleged chemical attack, Russia’s representative at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Aleksandr Shulgin, said at the 58th meeting of the OPCW Executive Council on Monday.

“Not a single witness or affected patient in hospital has been found. Nor any traces of chemical ammunition have been identified. Instead, we managed to find those who participated in filming the faked video, which was eventually presented as ‘proof’ of the chemical attack,” Shulgin said. “They showed us the scenes in which they took part in the staged video. Both have medical education. They work for Douma’s ambulance service,” he added.

Shulgin described the released video as a provocation and pointed to “pseudo-humanitarian NGOs, including the White Helmets” as its “makers.”……more here