Navalny issued passport
Politician Alexei Navalny said on receipt of the passport. He wrote about this in his blog. He added that he is now able to examined in one of the European clinics, which specializiruetsya eye burns. The politician said that the passport did not give him for five years.
According to Navalny, the Russian doctors advised him to go to specialized clinics, given the fact that the policy could face a corneal transplant. He added that the measurement of vision before showed 15% remaining vision in my right eye. “But there is a chance, will be treated,” — said the politician.
Attack on Alexey Navalny occurred April 27 outside his Moscow office of the Fund of struggle against corruption (FBK). Unknown splashed him in the face with green paint. After that, the policy was diagnosed with a chemical burn of the eye.
Later, on may 2, Navalny said that because of the burn he lost 80% of vision the right eye. According to him, the doctor thinks it was “a mixture of green stuff on the other caustic liquid”. Navalny also reported that treatment can help “trip to one of the specialized clinics in Switzerland or Spain,” and go he can’t because of the “expensive government”, which “forbade him to travel” from Russia and “does not give passport”.
According to “Novaya Gazeta”, may 1, users of social networks reported that Navalny was attacked by the activist of the Patriotic movement SERB Alexander Petrunko and filmed the attack on a video Alexey Kulakov. According to the victim, in addition to the two identified attack could participate the other person. Kulakov said that he came there “just to take pictures on camera”. He called the man and said, “something is planned for this place.” According to Kulakov, he “strongly condemns” the attack.