Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is welcome to return to Moscow, the Kremlin says, after he was discharged from a German hospital that treated him for poisoning.
Mr Navalny, who western nations believe was poisoned with a Soviet-era nerve agent, was released from hospital after a month, his doctors in Berlin said earlier on Wednesday."As regards his returning to Moscow, like any other Russian citizen, he is free to do so at any moment," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said hours later, according to Russian news agencies.AAP
In keeping with the Kremlin's tradition of not using Mr Navalny's name, Mr Peskov said he would welcome news that"the patient really is getting better," and wished him"a speedy recovery".On Tuesday, Le Monde newspaper reported, citing sources, that Russian President Vladimir Putin had suggested that Mr Navalny might have taken the poison himself"for a non-specified reason".
Mr Peskov on Wednesday said the French newspaper had misrepresented a recent conversation between Mr Putin and French leader Emmanuel Macron and that the report was"imprecise".
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