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Alexei Navalny posted this photo with his wife on Instagram on September 25 after his discharge from the Berlin hospital.
(dpa)
Poisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny claims to have been visited by German Chancellor Angela Merkel during her treatment at the Charité University Hospital in Berlin. “I am very grateful to Chancellor Merkel for visiting me in hospital,” Navalny wrote Monday on Twitter.
There was a meeting, but you must not call it “secret.” Rather, a private meeting and conversation with the family. I am very grateful to Chancellor Merkel for visiting me at the hospital https://t.co/8d8vnEe23z
– Alexey Navalny (@navalny) September 28, 2020
The report was confirmed by the German government spokesman on Monday morning. It was not a secret meeting, Navalny continued. Merkel also spoke with her family. The 44-year-old is one of the harshest critics of President Vladimir Putin. The case is now putting considerable strain on relations between Berlin and Moscow.
Navalny was flown to Germany for treatment in August. He had previously collapsed on a domestic flight in Russia. He was in an artificial coma for weeks. According to information from special laboratories, he was poisoned with a nerve agent from the internationally banned Novitschok group. Russia has so far denied all accusations of being involved in the case.
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