This was reported to TASS by the head of the Union of Journalists of Russia Vladimir Solovyov.

“I don’t have direct contact with relatives, but I know from various sources that he felt better in a Russian clinic, after which the relatives decided to transfer him to a hospital in Israel, where he continues treatment,” he said.

On February 6, Izvestia, citing a source, reported that Svanidze had been hospitalized in Moscow.

The TV presenter, as specified, was taken to the infectious diseases hospital, doctors found he had pulmonary edema.

On February 15, it was reported that Nikolai Svanidze was taken out of drug sleep, he regained consciousness.