Vladimir Kara-Murza, an opposition activist and journalist, has fallen severely ill in Moscow.
Russia Update: Condition of Opposition Journalist Kara-Murza Remains ‘Critical’
Kara-Murza's Wife Urges His Evacuation to Europe or Israel As Condition Not Improved
14:20 (GMT)
Evgeniya Kara-Murza, the wife of opposition writer Kara-Murza, has urged that her husband be evacuated to a hospital in Europe or Israel, saying his condition has not improved despite dialysis, the New York Times reported.
The activist, Vladimir V. Kara-Murza, collapsed and lost consciousness on Tuesday. He is the federal coordinator of Open Russia, a civic group founded by Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, the former chief of Yukos Oil and critic of President Vladimir V. Putin who served 10 years in prison in Russia.
“His condition has not changed,” Mr. Kara-Murza’s wife, Evgenia, who lives with their three young children in the United States, wrote in an email to reporters. “The hemodialysis treatment he is undergoing has no effect, and his condition remains very grave. He has not regained consciousness.”
In an interview on Wednesday, Ms. Kara-Murza said she feared her husband had been poisoned and that he remained in danger as long as he stayed in Russia.
As we reportedly earlier, doctors have given widely different diagnoses since his hospitalization, including a heart-valve problem, pancreatitis, food poisoning from spoiled yoghurt or shishkebob, or double pneumonia. But until now the cause of his kidney failure has still not been determined.
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