Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is able to breathe on his own and briefly leave his hospital bed, his doctors say, as Germany announces French and Swedish labs confirm he was poisoned with Novichok.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is able to breathe on his own and briefly leave his hospital bed, his doctors said, while Germany announced that French and Swedish labs have confirmed its findings that he was poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok.Doctors say there may be long-term health problems from the poisoningMr Navalny, 44, was flown to Berlin for treatment at the Charite hospital two days after falling ill on a domestic flight in Russia on August 20.
Germany has demanded that Russia investigate the case, while Moscow has accused the West of trying to smear Russia. Mr Navalny has "successfully been removed from mechanical ventilation" and is able to leave his bed "for short periods of time," the hospital said. Although noting the improvement in Mr Navalny's health, the statement didn't address the long-term outlook for the anti-corruption campaigner and
Doctors previously cautioned that even though Mr Navalny is recovering, long-term health problems from the poisoning cannot be ruled out.The German government said tests by labs in France and Sweden backed up findings by a German military lab that Mr Navalny was poisoned with Novichok, the same class of Soviet-era agent that Britain said was used on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury, England, in 2018.
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