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According to the Charité Clinic in Berlin, Russian opposition politician Alexej Navalny has awakened from a coma and is accessible. Navalny came out of a coma that was artificially maintained on medication, the hospital announced Monday. The patient is gradually withdrawn from mechanical ventilation.
However, doctors still don’t want to rule out the long-term consequences of severe poisoning. They publish the information about Nawalny’s health in consultation with his wife, because they assume it is in his favor.
Navalny collapsed on August 20 during a flight from Siberia to Moscow. Initially he was treated in a hospital in Omsk, Siberia, then transferred to the Charité in Berlin. Doctors had discussed signs of poisoning last week. After investigations in a special Bundeswehr laboratory, the federal government said on Wednesday that it saw it as unequivocally proven that Navalny had been poisoned with the military neurotoxin Novitschok.
Moscow rejects any involvement in the poisoning. However, Britain has now called the Russian ambassador over the Navalny case. The London government expressed “deep concern over the poisoning” of Nawalnys, Chancellor Dominic Raab wrote on Twitter. “It is completely unacceptable that a prohibited chemical warfare agent was used.” Russia must ensure that the investigation is complete and transparent. Raab also wrote that he was relieved Navalny could emerge from the artificial coma. “I hope his condition continues to improve.”
The new French Secretary of State for Europe, Clément Beaune, has described the poison attack as a test for Europe. The Europeans would have to jointly insist on a transparent clarification vis-à-vis Moscow and at the same time think of measures in case this does not happen or a liability to the Russian state arises. One possible answer is the termination of Nord Stream 2, Beaune said in an interview in Phoenix.
Also in Germany, the incident has fueled debate over a possible end to the controversial Baltic Sea pipeline Nord Stream 2. CDU Finance Minister Peter Altmaier hesitated on Monday night on the ARD talk show Hard but fair however, the effectiveness of sanctions against states like Russia. He knows of no case in which a country like Russia has been induced to change its behavior through sanctions, the CDU politician said. This would rather lead to a tightening of policy. “We also need to clarify the question of what we want to achieve with our sanctions: is it just looking in the mirror or achieving and creating something positive for human rights?” Altmaier said.
