[ti:Russian Dissident Hospitalized in Germany After Suspected Poisoning]
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[00:00.04]German officials say Russian dissident Alexei Navalny
[00:05.40]is being held under guard at a Berlin hospital
[00:09.72]while recovering from a suspected poisoning.
[00:14.16]Navalny is an opposition leader, corruption investigator
[00:19.12]and strong critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
[00:25.32]He got sick last Thursday on a plane flying to Moscow
[00:30.40]from Siberia, where he had been campaigning.
[00:34.72]The plane made an emergency landing in the Siberian city of Omsk,
[00:41.08]where Navalny was hospitalized.
[00:44.48]He was flown to Germany for treatment on Saturday.
[00:50.08]Supporters of the 44-year-old dissident believe he drank tea that contained poison.
[00:58.60]They blame the Russian government for his sickness,
[01:02.16]as well as a delay in transporting him to Germany.
[01:07.76]German Chancellor Angela Merkel had personally offered the country's assistance.
[01:15.48]Berlin's Charité hospital said in a statement Monday
[01:20.36]that Navalny "is being treated in intensive care
[01:24.56]and remains in a medically induced coma."
[01:29.08]The hospital said his condition is "serious" but not "life-threatening."
[01:35.48]The team of doctors who have examined Navalny since his arrival on Saturday
[01:41.72]had found the presence of "cholinesterase inhibitors" in his system, the statement said.
[01:49.52]Cholinesterase inhibitors are substances found in several drugs,
[01:55.52]but also in some pesticides and nerve agents.
[02:01.36]The doctors said they had not yet identified
[02:05.12]the exact substance found in Navalny's system.
[02:09.96]Merkel is calling on Russian officials
[02:13.88]to carry a full investigation of the poisoning of Navalny.
[02:19.80]She added, "Those responsible must be identified and held accountable."
[02:28.04]Berlin police officers and federal agents were sent to the hospital
[02:33.56]to provide protection while Navalny receives treatment.
[02:38.20]Russia's government had no immediate comment on the situation.
[02:44.68]Doctors at the Siberian hospital that first treated Navalny
[02:49.44]said Monday they had saved his life,
[02:52.84]but that two laboratory tests found no poisonous substances in his system.
[03:00.20]"If we had found some kind of poison that was somehow confirmed
[03:05.56]then it would have been a lot easier for us,"
[03:09.36]senior doctor Anatoly Kalinichenko told reporters in Omsk.
[03:16.32]The hospital's chief doctor, Alexander Murakhovsky,
[03:21.08]rejected allegations made by Navalny's team that doctors in Omsk
[03:27.60]had acted together with Russian security services.
[03:32.36]Representatives for Navalny called last week
[03:36.72]for Russia to launch a criminal investigation.
[03:40.24]As of Monday, Russia's Investigative Committee had not opened a case,
[03:46.52]a spokeswoman for Navalny said.
[03:49.88]Ilya Yashin is an opposition politician in Moscow and a close ally of Navalny.
[03:58.08]In a video statement, he urged Russian law enforcement
[04:03.00]to investigate "an attempt at a life of a public figure"
[04:07.52]and look into the possible involvement of President Putin.
[04:12.88]Like many other opposition politicians in Russia,
[04:17.72]Navalny has been detained by law enforcement
[04:21.32]and harassed by groups supporting Russia's government.
[04:26.64]In 2017, he was attacked by several men
[04:30.80]who threw a chemical in his face that damaged an eye.
[04:35.16]Last year, Navalny was rushed to a hospital from jail
[04:40.52]where he was serving a sentence on charges of violating protest rules.
[04:46.08]His team also suspected poisoning then.
[04:50.72]Doctors said he had a severe allergic reaction
[04:54.96]and sent him back to detention the next day.
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