Navalny 'grateful' to German Chancellor Angela Merkel for visiting him at hospital

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on September 28 visited Russian opposition leer Alexei Navalny at Berlin hospital, where latter is being treated after he was poisoned in Russia last month. Navalny took to his official Twitter handle to inform about "private meeting" with Merkel. Navalny wrote that Merkel h a conversation with his family as well, ding that he is very "grateful" to German Chancellor for visiting him at hospital. 

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Navalny's poisoning

Alexei Navalny, a staunch critic of Russian President Vlimir Putin, fell sick under mysterious circumstances on a flight back to Moscow from Siberia on August 20. He was rushed to a hospital in Siberian city of Omsk after plane me an emergency landing. Navalny was put into an artificial coma and was moved to Germany after much debate over his transfer. Navalny h remained in an induced coma until September 7 when doctors treating him informed that his condition has improved. 

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German doctors confirmed that Navalny was poisoned with lethal chemical nt vichok and that traces of former Soviet-era chemical weapon was found in his blood. A few days ago, Navalny's team h said that politician was poisoned at his hotel room before leaving for airport and t at terminal as suspected earlier. y said that Navaly was possibly poisoned through drinking water as traces of vichok have been found on water bottles from hotel room. 

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Russia has dismissed all allegations of a state-sponsored attack on Navalny and has demanded more evidence of alleged poisoning in order to start an investigation in country. However, international community strongly believes that Kremlin may be behind poisoning of 44-year-old leer. 

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