The colony named a new cause of Navalny’s death: the politician’s doctor hints at Novichok poisoning

What they said at first

Yesterday afternoon, propaganda media reported Navalny's death with reference to the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, where the politician was serving his sentence in one of the maximum security colonies.

According to this statement FSIN, Navalny suddenly became ill after a walk. He subsequently lost consciousness. Doctors tried to resuscitate him, but in vain. Doctors had to pronounce death.

The pro-government media then put forward their own version. They suggested that the oppositionist could have suffered a blood clot.

“Sudden death syndrome”

The next day, Navalny’s mother and lawyer in the colony were announced a new cause of death for the politician. They said he died due to “sudden cardiac death syndrome.”

Anaesthesiologist-resuscitator Alexander Polupan, who treated Navalny after poisoning in 2020, said that with such a diagnosis, the oppositionist could not first feel bad and then lose consciousness. In the case of sudden death, the patient loses consciousness instantly.

According to Polupan, the diagnosis of sudden cardiac death is usually made if no other cause is identified at autopsy.

What Navalny could actually have died from

️Polupan noted that the named in the colony, sudden cardiac arrest could have been caused by Novichok poisoning. “

Assuming an unnatural cause of death, this is the most convenient diagnosis that can be made,” he said. >

At the same time, the doctor noted. that for people who do not have a hereditary predisposition and have not previously had short-term cardiac arrests, this is a rare diagnosis.

Navalny's death in Russia: latest news

• On February 16, it became known about Navalny’s death in the colony. The Kremlin immediately confirmed this news, but the politician’s team did not. Navalny's lawyer went to the village of Kharp, where his client was serving his sentence, to confirm information about his death.
• Only the next day, Navalny's press secretary Kira Yarmysh confirmed that he had died . However, they refused to give the body to the relatives, because supposedly investigative examinations were to be carried out on it. The colony reported that the body of the deceased is in Salekhard.
• Navalny’s mother and lawyer arrived at the Salekhard morgue. They assured that they did not have Navalny’s body in the morgue.