The doctors of the Russian opposition man, who is hospitalized in Berlin, claim that he was indeed hit by a powerful poison and that it will take him months to recover from the damage caused to him.
Russian opposition man frightened for treatment in Berlin // Photo: Reuters
Doctors estimate that the life of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader and rival of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been saved and there is no longer any immediate medical danger to his life, according to the German newspaper "Bild" this morning (Monday).
Jacka Bizilij, the chairman of the foundation that financed the flight of the opposition man from Russia to Germany, confirmed to the German newspaper that all the signs indicate that Navalny was indeed poisoned and defined the poison used as "powerful". Officials in Germany had earlier claimed that it was too early to say whether Navalny had been poisoned.
"Harpster survive the onslaught of poisoning him, but he will remain outside the political arena for months as the recovery process will be long," said the chairman of the foundation German newspaper.
Harpster was hospitalized last week after he collapsed during a flight from Siberia to the Russian capital of Moscow. Passengers who were on the plane next to a man opposition Described his cries of pain and said that he then evacuated unconscious from the plane.
Navalny was initially hospitalized in the Siberian city of Omsk. Authorities did everything possible to restrict the contacts of Navalny's wife and his personal doctor to the sick opposition man and provided little information to the media about what was happening. After almost 24 hours of pressure and a personal letter to President Putin from Navalny's wife, authorities in Moscow agreed to allow the opposition activist to fly to Berlin in a special "flying ambulance" sent for him.
Russian opposition figures were quick to point the finger of blame at the Kremlin, claiming it was an assassination attempt on Navalny. In the past, opposition figures, anti-government journalists and political activists have been harmed in various ways that leave little room for doubt as to their motives. Navalny himself claimed about two months ago that he had suffered from the poisoning attempt.