Tests conducted on Russian dissident Alexey Navalny at a German hospital suggest that he was poisoned, but doctors say they do not believe his life is at immediate risk
Russian opposition activist Alexey Navalny gestures while speaking to a crowd during a political protest in Moscow, Russia, July 20, 2019.
Cholinesterase inhibitors are a broad range of substances that are found in several drugs, but also pesticides and nerve agents. However, doctors at Charite said at the moment the specific substance to which Navalny was exposed is not yet known. “It was obvious that after his arrival, protective precautions had to be taken,” Merkel's spokesman, Steffen Seibert, told reporters. “After all, this is a patient who, with a certain degree of probability, was poisoned.”
Navalny’s team last week submitted a request in Russia to launch a criminal probe, but as of Monday, Russia’s Investigative Committee still has not opened a case, Navalny's spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said. If Navalny is found to have been poisoned “that would represent a crucial moment in Russia," he said.
The hospital's chief doctor, Alexander Murakhovsky, rejected allegations made by Navalny’s team that doctors in Omsk had been acting in coordination with Russia’s security services.“There wasn’t and couldn’t be any influence on the patient’s treatment.”
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