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Russian opposition figurehead Alexei Navalny was released from the hospital where he was being treated for Novichok poisoning.
The 44 year old felt bad on a domestic flight in Siberia last month and was flown to Berlin in a coma.
Laboratories in Germany, France, and Sweden confirmed that he was poisoned with the same nerve agent used to target Sergei skripal at Salisbury in 2018.
In a statement released Wednesday, the Charite hospital in Germany said Navalny’s condition “had improved enough that he was discharged from acute hospital care.”
He added, based on his progress and current condition, “treating physicians believe that a full recovery is possible.”
But the hospital warned that “it is too early to assess the possible long-term effects of his severe poisoning.”
Mr. Navalny was in intensive care for more than three weeks. Photo: @navalny
Navalny had been in the hospital for 32 days, 24 of them in intensive care.
His team said they searched the Siberian hotel room where he stayed before the flight on August 20, an hour after news broke that he had fallen ill.
They claimed it was poisoned with a bottle of water, gathered as part of any evidence “that even hypothetically could be useful.”
All the items were turned over to German authorities because “the fact that the case would not be investigated in Russia was quite obvious,” they added.
