Kremlin critic Navalny seen walking downstairs amid recovery from poisoning

Russian opposition leer Alexei Navalny was seen walking down stairs in a photograph shared from his official Instagram account on September 19, days after Berlin’s Charité hospital anunced that Kremlin critic was taken off ventilator. In Instagram update, Navalny wrote about his recovery status, saying it is alrey “a clear path albeit a long one.” 

44-year-old politician said that he is unable to operate his phone as he is finding it “useless as a stone” and facing difficulties in pouring water into his glass. He ded that his legs shake when tries to walk up stairs. Navalny thanked doctors of Charité hospital for turned him from a “technically alive person” into someone who can “quickly scroll through Instagram and understands without hesitation where to put likes.”

“So re are still many problems to be solved, but amazing doctors at Charite University Hospital Berlin solved main problem,” caption re. 

German health authorities h confirmed poisoning of Navalny with a nerve nt from vichok group, citing toxicological test results. Later, specialist laboratories in France and Sweden also confirmed poisoning with Soviet-style nerve nt vichok. Germany informed on September 18 that Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is still investigating cause independently.

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Use of vichok

Navalny's team said that politician was poisoned at his hotel room in Siberian city of Tomsk and t at airport as suspected earlier. team informed that y collected everything y could from hotel room on day he fell sick and sent it to Germany for investigation. German laboratory found traces of vichok nt on bottles collected from Navalny's room.  

Russian police continue to seek access to Navalny for questioning after Moscow rubbished Germany’s findings in Kremlin critic’s toxicology report. Siberian transport police said in a statement that Russia would prepare a request to let its officers and an “expert” show German investigators as y probe Navalny’s case.

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