- In his first public message after drinking the poison, Alexei Navalny said on Tuesday that he was recovering and was finally able to breathe on his own.
- Navalny, a well-known critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was admitted to a German hospital in late August after drinking poison in Siberia.
- Navalny’s press secretary said he plans to return to Russia.
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny posted a picture on Instagram on Tuesday after falling ill after taking poison last month.
“Hi, this is a novel,” the novel said in Russian in a Russian translation, which was translated by CNN. “I miss you. I can still barely do anything, but yesterday I was able to breathe on my own all day. Only myself. I didn’t use a single simple valve in my throat, but no help. Was. “
This was Navalni’s first public message after drinking poison.
Navalny, Russia’s most outspoken opponent of President Vladimir Putin, has been admitted to a German hospital after falling ill on a flight back to Moscow from Siberia in late August. His aides immediately suspect he will be poisoned. After the emergency landing, Navalny was taken to a hospital in Siberia for the first time, where doctors denied he had been poisoned.
Russian authorities initially banned Navalny from medically leaving the country, but eventually allowed him to travel to Germany for further treatment.
After migrating to Germany, the nerve agent Novichok was found in the nerve system. Novichok is used to poison other Russian dissidents.
The German government has demanded answers from the Kremlin regarding Navalny’s poisoning, but the Russian government has denied any involvement. The international community has joined Germany in condemning the incident, although President Donald Trump has faced criticism for barely acknowledging Navalny’s poison.
Putin is the latest victim of a long list of critics who have been poisoned and / or killed by the Russian government. But the anti-corruption campaigner still plans to return to Russia, said his press secretary, Kira Yarmish.
Yarmishe CNN “No other option was ever considered,” he said.
