German Hospital Confirms Navalny Was Poisoned. Russia Denies It.
The hospital treating Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny says tests indicate that he was poisoned.
Berlin’s Charite Hospital noted that the Kremlin critic was suffering from “intoxication by a substance from the group of cholinesterase inhibitors.”
It added that Navalny, who was transferred to the German capital from the Siberian city of Omsk on Saturday morning, is in an artificial coma in an intensive care unit.
“His state of health is serious, but there is currently no acute danger to his life,” the hospital said in a statement Monday.
The specific substance used to poison Navalny has not yet been identified, according to the hospital.