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Post by Admin on Aug 23, 2020 20:47:39 GMT
 Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is unconscious after what is believed to have been an attempt to poison him, has left a Siberian hospital and has boarded a flight to Germany. The prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin is in a coma and on a ventilator after drinking tea that his supporters believe was laced with poison. The 44-year-old was admitted to intensive care on Thursday after falling ill on a flight back to Moscow.  After a day of arguing over Mr Navalny's care, doctors at the hospital in Omsk finally gave permission for him to be moved to Charit, a clinic in Berlin that has a history of treating foreign leaders and dissidents. Omsk hospital's deputy chief doctor Anatoly Kalinichenko said medical staff had decided that "we don't oppose his transfer to another hospital". A Russian newspaper has alleged there was extensive government surveillance of the Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny during a trip to Siberia before he collapsed from a suspected poisoning on Thursday. Navalny’s press secretary, Kira Yarmysh, had complained of being followed during the trip, calling the police surveillance “absolutely obvious” during a stopover in the city of Novosibirsk. The next leg in the city of Tomsk was “relatively calm”, she said, until Navalny fell ill during a return flight to Moscow on Thursday. He was transferred to Berlin’s Charité hospital on Saturday for treatment. But in an article published by Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper, police sources described following the politician’s movements and meetings in Tomsk, identifying the apartment where he was staying by tracking a sushi delivery to an associate, collecting his receipts from a local store, and even following him during a short trip out of town for an evening swim in the Tom river. The leak to the paper was apparently made to show that Navalny was not poisoned in the city, but it revealed the degree to which his activity was scrutinised by law enforcement. |
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Post by Admin on Aug 24, 2020 20:34:23 GMT
Since his admission at the weekend, Alexei Navalny has been receiving treatment at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. The patient is being treated in intensive care and remains in medically induced coma. While his condition is serious, it is not currently life-threatening. Following his admission, Mr. Navalny underwent extensive examination by a team of Charité physicians. Clinical findings indicate poisoning with a substance from the group of cholinesterase inhibitors. The specific substance involved remains unknown, and a further series of comprehensive testing has been initiated. The effect of the poison – namely, the inhibition of cholinesterase in the body – was confirmed by multiple tests in independent laboratories.  As a result of this diagnosis, the patient is now being treated with the antidote atropine. Alexei Navalny’s prognosis remains unclear; the possibility of long-term effects, particularly those affecting the nervous system, cannot be excluded. The treating physicians remain in constant contact with Mr. Navalny’s wife. After close consultation with the patient’s wife, Charité is reassured that the decision to make details of the patient’s condition public would be in accordance with his wishes. Contact Manuela Zingl Corporate Spokesperson Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin t: +49 30 450 570 400 |
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Post by Admin on Aug 24, 2020 21:48:48 GMT
Alexei Navalny was examined for a wide range of narcotic, synthetic substances, psychedelic drugs and medical substances, including cholinesterase inhibitors, the result was negative, chief toxicologist of the Omsk Region and the Siberian Federal District Alexander Sabayev said. Cholinesterase inhibitors, that Berlin’s Charite hospital has reported to have found in blood of Alexei Navalny, were not identified when he was examined in Omsk, chief toxicologist of the Omsk Region and the Siberian Federal District, Alexander Sabayev, told journalists on Monday.
"When Alexei Navalny was admitted to the in-patient clinic, he was examined for a wide range of narcotic, synthetic substances, psychedelic drugs and medical substances, including cholinesterase inhibitors. The result was negative," said Sabayev, who is also chief of the acute poisoning unit at the Omsk emergency care hospital where Navalny was treated before being airlifted to Germany.
"Besides, he did not have a clinical picture, specific for poisoning with substances from the group of cholinesterase inhibitors. As it was already said earlier, we are ready to share with our German colleagues samples of Alexei Navalny’s biomaterial for their comprehensive study," the expert said.
On August 20, Navalny’s spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said that the plane carrying the Russian blogger made an emergency landing in Omsk after he suddenly felt ill in mid-flight. Navalny was rushed to hospital in a coma, and was connected to a ventilator.
On Saturday, he was airlifted to Berlin’s Charite hospital for medical treatment. The clinic issued a statement on Navalny’s condition on Monday.
"Clinical findings indicate poisoning with a substance from the group of cholinesterase inhibitors," the hospital said in its statement.
"The specific substance involved remains unknown," it added. "Alexei Navalny’s prognosis remains unclear; the possibility of long-term effects, particularly those affecting the nervous system, cannot be excluded," it stressed. The patient "is now being treated with the antidote atropine," the clinic specified.
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Post by Admin on Sept 4, 2020 20:47:21 GMT
Nato has called for Russia to disclose its Novichok nerve agent programme to international monitors, following the poisoning of activist Alexei Navalny.
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said members were united in condemning the "horrific" attack.
He added there was "proof beyond doubt" that a Novichok nerve agent was used against Mr Navalny.
But Russia has dismissed the diagnosis given by doctors in Germany, where he is being treated.
Speaking after an emergency Nato meeting, Mr Stoltenberg said the Kremlin "must fully co-operate with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons on an impartial international investigation".
"We also call on Russia to provide complete disclosure of the Novichok programme to the OPCW," he added.
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Post by Admin on Sept 5, 2020 5:49:35 GMT
 Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is in a coma in a Berlin hospital, and Germany has revealed he was poisoned by a Novichok nerve agent. He was taken ill on board a return flight from Siberia to Moscow and the plane made an emergency landing in Omsk. Two days later Russian officials were persuaded to let him be airlifted to Germany. BBC Russian has pieced together the story of how flight attendants and medics fought to save his life over the skies of Siberia. This is the dramatic two-hour timeline of that perilous journey.  It was 20 August, and Alexei Navalny was taking an S7 airlines flight from Tomsk to Moscow. He didn't eat or drink anything all morning - apart from a cup of tea he bought at Tomsk Bogashevo airport, according to his press secretary Kira Yarmysh. Another passenger on the flight, Ilya Ageev, saw Mr Navalny drinking the tea about an hour before the plane was due to take off. The Kremlin critic was smiling and joking with fellow passengers who recognised him. Minutes later, a flight attendant made an announcement asking if any doctors were on board. The other passengers now realised the situation was serious.  The rest of the cabin crew informed the pilot and tried to administer first aid to Mr Navalny. His assistant, Ilya Pakhomov, walked down the aisle appealing for medical assistance. A woman, who hasn't been identified, came forward to say she was a nurse. For the next hour she and the flight attendants focused on keeping Mr Navalny conscious until the pilot could make an emergency landing, according to S7 airlines.  'Poisoned with Novichok' For two days, the hospital in Omsk kept Mr Navalny in its acute poisoning department. Initially they would not allow him to be flown to Germany, citing his unstable condition. However, on 22 August, he was airlifted to the Charité clinic in Berlin and two days later German doctors said their tests showed he had been poisoned. Doctors in Omsk, including the chief doctor of the Emergency Hospital No 1 and the chief toxicologist, insisted that no poisonous substances had been detected in Mr Navalny's body when he was under their care. They said a metabolic disorder was one potential, alternative diagnosis. BBC Russian has asked Omsk health authorities for a comment and a detailed account of Navalny's hospital stay, but has not received a reply. |
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