Navarney in Russia treated for addiction on suspicion of addiction, but improved

BERLIN — German doctor treating Russian opposition leader Alexena Varny on suspicion of addiction Friday, dissident is still in provocative coma, but his condition is stable and improving. I said.

Navalni, a politician and investigator of corruption, one of the fierce critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin, fell sick on a flight back from Siberia to Moscow about a week ago and the plane became an emergency. Later, he was taken to a hospital in the Siberian city of Obelisk and landed.

Last weekend he was transferred to the Charite Hospital in Berlin, where doctors found signs of a “cholinesterase inhibitor” in his system.

Cholinesterase inhibitors, found in some drugs, insecticides, and chemical nerve agents, block the breakdown of acetylcholine, the body’s main chemical that signals between nerve cells.

Navalny, 44, is treated with the antidote atropine. Charité said, “There was some improvement in the symptoms caused by the inhibition of cholinesterase activity.”

“His condition remains serious, but there is no immediate danger to his life,” the hospital said. “But due to the severity of the patient’s poisoning, it is too early to measure potential long-term effects.”

Navarney’s wife Julia regularly visits him in the hospital and the treating doctor said she “maintains a close relationship” with her.

Navarney’s allies claimed he was deliberately poisoned, saying the Kremlin was behind it, and accused Russian authorities of rejecting it as an “empty sound.”

Western experts warned that it was too early to draw conclusions about what might be causing the Navarney’s condition, but with former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, a Soviet-era nerve agent. Note that the Novichock that was used to poison the daughter of England was a cholinesterase inhibitor.

A Russian doctor, who treated Navarney in Siberia, ruled out poisoning as a diagnosis and said the test for cholinesterase inhibitors returned to negative, repeatedly disputing the conclusion of the German hospital.

Navarnie was taken to Germany for treatment after Merkel personally offered the possibility of being treated in Berlin.

“We have an obligation to do everything to get it done,” Merkel told reporters at a summer press conference held Friday. “It was good and correct that Germany said that Germany was ready to accept Mr. Navarney. And now we try to clarify this with the possibilities we have.

Prime Minister Merkel said Germany would try to ensure a “European reaction” to the case if it became clearer what had happened. She sought addiction to Scripal and his daughter two years ago in England, which prompted many European countries to expel Russian diplomats.

Following a meeting in Berlin with respondents from the 26 European Union, Foreign Minister Maas has gained “a lot of recognition” from his partners for Germany’s inclusion of Navarnie, who will discuss it closely. I agreed with.

He urged Russia to undertake a thorough investigation, something that many countries have demanded.

“Russia needs to contribute more to the resolution of the Navarney case, and the research we anticipate should not remain a fig leaf,” Mars told reporters. “The background of this law has to be investigated comprehensively and transparently, and the responsible parties have been taken into account-directly and indirectly-.”

So far, Russian authorities seem reluctant to investigate the state of politicians. Navarney’s team filed a request with a Russian investigative commission last week, telling authorities that it had launched a criminal investigation on charges of killing the public’s life and attempted the murder, but had no reaction.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he believes criminal cases have no basis until the cause of the politician’s condition has been fully elucidated. The Russian Prosecutor General’s office said Thursday that there was no sign of “intentional criminal activity committed” against Navarney in a preliminary investigation launched last week.

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