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The Berlin doctors who treated Alexei Navalny published clinical details of his Novichok poisoning on Wednesday, while the Russian dissident praised the publication of this medical “proof” that Moscow had demanded for months.
In this four-page article, which was published in The Lancet, doctors first explained the symptoms caused by this toxic substance developed by the former Soviet Union in the 1980s, that “severe inhibitory cholinesterase poisoning was diagnosed “.
They added: “Verification for the presence of the Novichok element (…) was not completed until several days after the diagnosis of poisoning was confirmed (…) and did not affect decisions regarding treatment methods.
The article, which was published with Navalny’s approval, claimed that the Russian dissident suffered a coma after the first symptoms appeared and registered a severe slowdown in the rate of heart work, while his body temperature dropped to 33.5 degrees.
And the doctors added that “his good health before being poisoned probably helped his recovery,” which contradicts the conclusion of the Russian doctors about their doubts about the general health of the exposures.
Navalny’s health deteriorated while he was on a plane in Siberia on August 20 as part of a campaign for local and regional elections.
After receiving treatment in a Siberian hospital, he was transferred to a Berlin hospital and released a few weeks later.
Since then, the opposition has accused Russian intelligence of trying to assassinate him, which Moscow has denied at all.
On Wednesday, Navalny commented sarcastically on his Facebook page, writing: “The most important thing is that Vladimir Putin has become comfortable.” Whatever it is now, the medical data has been published and is now available to everyone. “
The European Union had asked Moscow for clarifications and imposed sanctions, to which Russia responded on Tuesday with countermeasures.
