In the Navalny case: According to their own words, Russian doctors found no cholinesterase inhibitor

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Emergency hospital number 1 in Omsk

The Russian doctors of the Kremlin critic Alexej Navalny, who is in a coma, said they did not find any evidence of poisoning with a cholinesterase inhibitor in their investigations - in contrast to the doctors at the Berlin Charité Clinic, where the 44-year-old is now being treated.

After his hospital admission last Thursday, Navalny was tested for a wide range of substances including cholinesterase inhibitors, Alexander Sabayev, chief toxicologist at Omsk Emergency Hospital Number 1, told Russian news agencies: "The result was negative." So it reports the news agency AFP.

The Siberian disaster control ministry added that the hospital in Omsk was ready to hand over all the results of the laboratory tests carried out at Navalny as well as material samples to the German doctors. MRI recordings have already been forwarded.

Long-term effects on the nervous system are possible

Boris Teplysch, chief anesthetist at the Omsk Clinic, told Russian news agencies that Navalny was given atropine a few minutes after he was admitted to the hospital, which is used as an antidote for poisoning with cholinesterase inhibitors.

The Berlin Charité Clinic, where the prominent critic of the Russian President Vladimir Putin has been treated since Saturday, assumes, after a detailed investigation, that the 44-year-old has been poisoned "by a substance from the group of active substances called cholinesterase inhibitors".

Accordingly, long-term effects, especially in the nervous system, cannot be ruled out. Navalny is in intensive care and is still in an artificial coma. His health is serious, there is currently no acute danger to his life.

The well-known Russian anti-corruption activist and sharp critic of President Putin was first admitted to a Russian hospital in Omsk, Siberia last Thursday after he had severe convulsions and lost consciousness during a flight to Moscow. Nawalny's entourage assumes that he was poisoned by a tea he drank shortly before departure.

kfr / AFP