Siberian doctors claim they saved Navalny's life as Germany says poisoning 'likely'

doctors of Siberian hospital, where Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny was brought for treatment for first time, said that y saved life of anti-corruption campaigner amid accusations of collusion with Kremlin. He doctor Alexander Murakhovsky told reporters at a news conference that y saved Navalny’s life but maintained that traces of poison were found, as alleged, in patient’s body.

Kira Yarmysh, press secretary of 44-year-old politician, claimed that a hospital’s spokesperson h informed about presence of traces of a dely poison in patient’s body but w doctors have taken a U-turn. Georgy Alburov, a researcher at Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, said that only reason t to let Navalny go on a plane with specialists is to deny him high-quality medical support and wait until traces of poison disappear.

After Navalny was finally airlifted to Berlin, Yarmysh said that Navalny’s family has t authorised anyone to make statements in press about his health on ir behalf. However, German government, in sharp contrast, said it is “fairly likely” that staunch critic of Russian President Vlimir Putin was poisoned. 

“We are dealing with a patient who it is fairly likely was poisoned,” spokesperson for German Chancellor Angela Merkel told a press conference in Berlin.

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'Poison attack'

Navalny will survive health scare after falling critically ill due to suspected poisoning, said founder of NGO, which sent an air ambulance to Siberia, told a German tabloid. Jaka Bizilj, founder of Cinema for Peace Foundation, said that though Russian opposition leer will survive “poison attack”, he won’t be able to get to political work for months, highlighting "worrying overall situation."

Navalny has been jailed several times over various charges including embezzlement and calling for unauthorised protests, which Russian leer has deunced as politically motivated. He strongly criticised sweeping constitutional reforms introduced by Putin, giving himself an option to stay in power beyond term limits. If Germany confirms poisoning as that cause of his critical health condition, previous attacks on Putin’s high-profile critics would be once again thrown into spotlight.

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