Published 20:41 IST, September 23rd 2020
Navalny would 'for now' stay in Germany, spokeswoman says after his discharge
Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny will “for now” stay in Germany to continue his treatment, his spokeswoman said hours after he was discharged.
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Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny will “for w” stay in Germany to continue his treatment, his spokeswoman said hours after he was discharged from a hospital in Berlin. Navalny, a major critic of Russian PM Vlimir Putin, was being treated for what Germany has said is a case of poisoning. However, he was discharged from acute patient care on September 22, after his health ‘improved sufficiently’.
"Alexei Navalny will, for w, remain in Germany because his treatment is t over. Neverless, doctors w predict full recovery,” spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said in a video posted on Twitter.
Navalny’s poisoning
44-year-old became seriously ill aboard a Moscow-bound flight on August 20 and he spent almost 32 days in Berlin hospital, 24 of which were in intensive-care unit. 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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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.
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(im credit: AP)
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20:38 IST, September 23rd 2020