Western nations, as per the US ambassador to the global chemical weapons body Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) are looking at taking measures against Russia over its alleged nerve agent attacks.

Western powers considering action on Russia over its chemical weapon use: US ambassador to OPCW

Russia has defied all threats of Western sanctions on Friday regarding the ongoing controversy over the poisoning of the Kremlin critic, Alexei Navalny. After Germany declared that it has "unequivocal evidence" that Navalny was poisoned, western leaders expressed shock and asked for Kremlin to come clean upon the matter.

Russia defies West sanctions after NATO's emergency meeting over Navalny

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapon (OPCW) on Friday revealed that chlorine was used during the April 2018 chemical attack in Syria's Douma. "The evaluation and analysis of all the above-referenced information gathered by the FFM provide reasonable grounds that the use of a toxic chemical as a weapon has taken place on 7 April 2018.

Syria: OPCW confirms chlorine used in Douma's chemical attack

Russia launched a scathing attack Tuesday on the global chemical weapons watchdog, accusing it of bias in its probe into the Khan Sheikhun gas attack in Syria earlier this year

Chemical arms watchdog politically biased over Syria: Russia