Russian doctors who treated Alexeï Navalny during his hospitalization in Siberia said on Monday that they had not found cholinesterase inhibitors in the opponent's body during their tests, a substance implicated by the Germans in his suspected poisoning .
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“ When he was admitted to hospital, Alexei Navalny was tested on a wide range of narcotic, synthetic, psychodetic and medicinal substances, including cholinesterase inhibitors. The results were negative, ”Alexander Sabayev, chief toxicologist at the No. 1 emergency hospital in Omsk, where Mr. Navalny was hospitalized before his transfer to Germany, told Russian agencies.
The Siberian hospital also said it was " ready to provide German doctors with both the results of laboratory tests and samples of biomaterials " Alexei Navalny, according to the local branch of the Ministry of Health, which adds that the MRI images have already been transmitted.
The chief anesthetist of the Omsk hospital, Boris Teplykh, for his part told Russian agencies that the opponent was injected with atropine " in the first minutes " following his hospitalization in Russia. According to the German Charité Hospital, Mr Navalny is currently being treated with this drug.
Germany concluded Monday that Alexey Navalny was poisoned and called on Russia to try the perpetrators, as the case turns increasingly to diplomatic disputes between Berlin and Moscow. Mr. Navalny became ill on a plane before being hospitalized in Omsk in intensive care, in a coma and on artificial respiration. He was then transferred for treatment in Germany.