Russian activist Alexei Navalny discharged from Berlin hospital

Russian activist Alexei Navalny discharged from Berlin hospital

By Onlykhabar News Media Wed 23 September, 2020 ( about 5 years ago ) 🎤433 Viewersinternational

Putin critic Alexei Navalny has been discharged from a Berlin hospital where he was being treated for Novichok nerve agent poisoning.

The Charité Hospital said it was ending acute medical care because his condition had sufficiently improved. His team alleges he was poisoned on the orders of President Vladimir Putin. Mr Navalny posted a picture of himself standing unaided with a message saying doctors had given him every chance of a full recovery. The Kremlin strongly denies any involvement.

He was later transferred to the Charité hospital in the German capital. Mr Navalny, a leading Russian opposition activist, collapsed on a flight in Siberia on 20 August. "Based on the patient's progress and current condition, the treating physicians believe that complete recovery is possible. A statement from the hospital said that 44-year-old Mr Navalny had spent 32 days there, including 24 days in intensive care.  The German government said that laboratories in France and Sweden had reconfirmed German tests showing that the poison used on Mr Navalny was a Novichok agent.

Earlier this month the hospital revealed that Mr Navalny had begun to recover, saying that he had been removed from a ventilator and could leave his bed. The Kremlin has said there is no proof of that.  Russian officials were persuaded to allow him to be airlifted to Germany two days later.  Mr Navalny became ill during the flight and the plane made an emergency landing in Omsk.  After tests confirmed poisoning with a Novichok nerve agent, the EU demanded a "transparent" investigation by the Russian government.  A nerve agent from the Novichok group was also used to poison Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury, England in 2018.   Mr Navalny's discharge from hospital will intensify pressure on German Chancellor Angela Merkel who has demanded - so far in vain - a full explanation from the Kremlin. Britain accused Russia's military intelligence of carrying out that attack.  Twenty countries expelled more than 100 Russian diplomats and spies. Moscow denied any involvement.

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By Onlykhabar News Media Wed 23 September, 2020 🎤433 Viewersinternational
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Russian activist Alexei Navalny discharged from Berlin hospital

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