{"id":62864,"date":"2020-09-28T20:25:51","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T20:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=62864"},"modified":"2020-09-28T20:25:51","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T20:25:51","slug":"navalny-says-merkel-visited-him-in-berlin-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=62864","title":{"rendered":"Navalny says Merkel visited him in Berlin hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"International Desk: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said on Monday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited him at a Berlin hospital where he was treated after being poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent.<\/p>\n

“I am very grateful to Chancellor Merkel for visiting me at the hospital,” the anti-corruption campaigner wrote on Twitter following reports of the meeting in German media.<\/p>\n

The 44-year-old Kremlin critic was discharged from Charite hospital in Berlin last week after receiving treatment over several weeks for exposure to Novichok.<\/p>\n

He fell ill on a flight from Siberia to Moscow in August in what his allies say was a state-sanctioned attack — labs in France, Germany and Sweden confirmed he had been poisoned.<\/p>\n

German magazine Der Spiegel reported on Sunday that Merkel had visited Navalny in what it described as a “secret” meeting at Charite hospital that underscored the Chancellor's personal commitment to Navalny's case.<\/p>\n

Navalny confirmed the meeting but argued the label “secret” was not accurate, saying: “Rather, a private meeting and conversation with the family.”<\/p>\n

The Kremlin has denied allegations of involvement in the poisoning and accused Western leaders of launching a disinformation campaign over the opposition leader's illness.<\/p>\n

Russia insists medical tests carried out by doctors in Omsk found no poison in Navalny's body. It says it lacks grounds for a criminal investigation, despite international calls for a transparent probe.<\/p>\n

Navalny's spokesperson Kira Yarmysh has said the Kremlin critic plans to return to Russia but will remain in Germany until he has recovered.<\/article>\n

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International Desk: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said on Monday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited him at a Berlin hospital where he was treated after being poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent. “I am very grateful to Chancellor Merkel for visiting me at the hospital,” the anti-corruption campaigner wrote on Twitter following reports of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":62865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n