On April 27 at the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons — Russia and Syria have brought 17 civilians, who were represented as «residents Council». Each of them confirmed that he had not seen any evidence of the use of toxic substances in the city. Western countries called it a «theatrical performance» and recommended that Russia not wasting time on such a blatant propaganda.
#Zakharov: On the Russian side presented the materials captured are real witnesses to what happened in the Duma. They soon arrive at the OPCW, to personally familiarize the representatives of countries-members of the Convention with the information «first hand»
— Russian foreign Ministry 🇷🇺 (@MID_RF) April 26, 2018
In a joint briefing of the Russian Federation, and Syria was attended by several delegates and 17 Syrian citizens. Most of the countries refused to participate in the event, which eventually was held behind closed doors. According to opponents of the «show», even if these people really are inhabitants of the Duma, we will not be able to tell the truth, because their life is in the hands of Bashar al-Assad.
«The OPCW is not a theater,» said the British delegate Peter Wilson.
Later the organizers said that in near future there will be another meeting. This time it was planned to hold near the headquarters of the OPCW in the Hague. In the invitations distributed to the audience, it was reported about participation in the event «the Syrian witnesses who were involved in the shooting staged videos from the «chemical attack» in the city Duma».
The OPCW staff is now attempting to find out whether in Syria on April 7 was used chemical weapons. About it initially stated by the representatives of the charitable organization «White helmets«. The United States and the EU, blamed the attack on Russia, Syria and Iran.
April 13 army of the United States, together with international coalition forces, launched a series of missile strikes on the three objects of the Syrian chemical industry. The US and allies said that it was a response to the use by Assad of banned weapons.
Russia and Syria deny these accusations and declare «staged videos«. However, it was later revealed that the footage, which Russia presents as proof of the staging of the attack actually demonstrate the process of shooting the film. Its author was made by the Syrian Director Humano hussary.
