Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, Alexey Navalny, was taken out of a medically-induced coma and his condition « has improved, » according to a statement …
Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, Alexey Navalny, was taken out of a medically-induced coma and his condition « has improved, » according to a statement from the German hospital where he’s being treated. Navalny,44, was transferred from a Russian hospital to one in Berlin for treatment after falling ill while on a plane in Serbia more than two weeks ago. Germany’s federal government announced last week that Navalny had been poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent, developed as part of a secret Soviet chemical weapons program. « The patient has been removed from his medically-induced coma and is being weaned off mechanical ventilation, » Charite University Hospital Berlin said in the statement Monday. « He is responding to verbal stimuli. It remains too early to gauge the potential long-term effects of his severe poisoning. » « The treating physicians remain in close contact with Mr. Navalny’s wife, » the hospital added. « After consultation with the patient’s wife, Charite is reassured that the decision to make details of the patient’s condition public would be in accordance with his wishes.
