Navalny says 'amazing' to breathe unaided, eyes Russia returnNavalny was taken to a Berlin hospital after his alleged poisoningMOSCOW - Opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Tuesday he was able to breathe unaided in his first public comments after his suspected poisoning in Siberia, while his aide said he planned to return to Russia once recovered. "Hello, this is Navalny," he wrote in a post on Instagram, appearing with his wife and two children in the Berlin hospital where he was flown for treatment after falling ill. Germany said Monday that French and Swedish labs had independently confirmed findings by doctors in Berlin that Navalny was poisoned with Novichok. - Plans to return-Navalny's spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said separately that the opposition leader planned to return to Russia. The director of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, on Tuesday reiterated that Russian doctors had found no evidence that Navalny was poisoned.

Source: Bangkok Post September 15, 2020 12:33 UTC