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Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Russian opponent Alexej Navalny has been treated for poisoning at the Berlin Charité for almost a month. But who really pays for intensive treatment? The Berlin Senate has now responded to the AfD’s corresponding request.
The cost of treating poisoned Kremlin critic Alexej Navalny at the Berlin Charité will be paid by private parties, according to the city’s Senate. “There is a commitment to cover costs by individuals,” the Senate Chancellery for Science and Research responded to a published parliamentary request from AfD member Gunnar Lindemann, which pointed to possible costs for Berlin taxpayers.
The Senate did not provide information on the amount of treatment costs incurred or expected: the university clinic is currently unable to make reliable statements due to “specific circumstances of the case” and diagnostic and therapeutic characteristics. The patient was transferred to Berlin as part of a private relief mission, “which paid the costs,” explained the Senate Chancellery. No information was available on these costs.
Navalny passed out on a domestic flight in Russia on August 20 and has been treated at Charité since August 22. According to special laboratories, he was poisoned with a nerve agent from the Novitschok group. Russia claims it is not involved in the case. Meanwhile, in addition to a German laboratory, two other special laboratories in France and Sweden have identified a neurotoxin warfare agent from the Novitschok group as the cause of the poisoning. The federal government announced this earlier in the week.
The 44-year-old is a little better now. On Tuesday, he for the first time sent a brief sign of life to his political followers via Instagram and showed himself with his family. La Charité also reported that Navalny no longer needs to be ventilated and may temporarily leave his sickbed. His health has continued to improve and he is increasingly mobilizing.
