The main Russian opponent, Alexeï Navalny, placed in intensive care after suspected poisoning, will not be transferred abroad due to his "unstable" state of health, his spokesman said on Friday, denouncing a decision which "threatens his life ".
“The chief doctor announced that Navalny is not transportable. His condition is unstable, "said Kira Iarmych on Twitter, estimating that it would be" fatally dangerous to leave him in an unequipped hospital in Omsk with a diagnosis still not made ".
France and Germany demand transparency in this matter
France and Germany had offered Thursday "all medical aid", French President Emmanuel Macron, "extremely concerned", and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, "upset", asking respectively "clarity" and "transparency" on his condition. A plane had even left Germany Thursday evening to pick it up.
London said it was "deeply concerned" by the affair, and the EU said "those responsible" should "be held to account".
He was going from Tomsk to Moscow
The 44-year-old opponent was on his way from Tomsk to Moscow when the aircraft he was in had to make an emergency landing in Omsk, to be hospitalized and connected to a life support.
The spokesperson for the opponent, Kira Iarmych, who was traveling with him, told Moscow radio Echo on Thursday that she was convinced the opponent had been the victim of "intentional poisoning".
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