Russian health services said on Wednesday (July 31st) that it had detected "no poisonous substance" in Russian opponent Alexei Navalny's body, hospitalized on Sunday (July 28th) officially because of a "severe allergic reaction" while he 'excludes being poisoned.
After analyzing the biological samples of the main opponent of the Kremlin, currently in prison, "no toxic substance has detected," said the head doctor of the Sklifosofsky Institute of Emergency Medicine, Alexei Tokarev.
Sentenced last week to 30 days of imprisonment, Alexei Navalny was hospitalized Sunday, July 28 before being returned to the cell in the day of Monday, July 29. At the time of his transfer to the hospital, Alexei Navalny suffered from swelling of the eyelids and had multiple abscesses on his neck, back, torso and elbows.
Navalny has never had an allergic reaction in her life
His entourage, who pointed out that the opponent has never had an allergic reaction in his life, had questioned this version and spoke of a potential poisoning, his doctor even speaking of a "toxic agent" having reached the lawyer of 43 years.
"I've never had an allergy," Alexei Navalny said in a message posted on his blog, not excluding the thesis of poisoning by someone who had entered his cell when the detainees were absent.
France called on Monday night for the "quick release" of the thousand protesters arrested this weekend in Moscow and the number one opponent of President Vladimir Putin, Alexei Navalny, expressing "his deep concern at these recent developments."