Navalny came out of a coma, ‘his condition improves’ – World



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Russian opponent Alexey Navalny came out of the induced coma in which he was in La Charitè hospital in Berlin after what German authorities say is an undoubted poisoning attempt by Novichok. “Navalny has now emerged from an induced coma and is being extubated by mechanical ventilation,” the hospital statement said, adding that his health “has improved.” The patient, admitted to the Charité in Berlin on August 2, “reacts to impulses,” the note also reads. “Long-term effects due to intoxication remain impossible to exclude,” add Charité doctors. The doctors’ note highlights that the doctors have a close and constant exchange with the Russian dissident’s wife, and that information about his state of health is also disclosed with the wife’s consent.

“What happened deeply enrages us and we condemn what we consider a crime and which calls into question the ability and willingness of the Russian political system to bring those responsible to justice.” This was stated by Chancellor Luigi Di Maio in an interview with Formiche.net on the matter of Russian opposition Alexey Navalny, hospitalized in Berlin after what according to the German authorities is an unquestionable attempt to poison Novichok.

The British government summoned the Russian ambassador to London to request investigations into the attempted poisoning of the opponent Andrei Navalny, attributed by the German authorities to a Novichok-type neurotoxin. This was reported by the Foreign Ministry, specifying that the Chancellor, Dominic Raab, personally received Ambassador Andrei Kelin. Raab later said he was “relieved” via Twitter at the news of Navalny’s coma in Berlin, but insisted on London’s request that Moscow respond.

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