OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says she is taking a personal interest in the possible poisoning of a Canadian member of the Russian protest group Pussy Riot. German doctors have been treating a Pyotr Verzilov, a Pussy Riot member, since he arrived in Berlin on the weekend from Moscow. One physician told reporters on Tuesday that claims Verzilov was poisoned are “highly plausible.”But doctors don’t know how it could have happened or who might be responsible. Dr. Kai-Uwe Eckardt of Berlin’s Charite hospital told reporters that Verzilov’s condition is not life threatening. Russia has banned Freeland from travelling to the country because of her past criticism of Putin in writings when she was a journalist.

Source: National Post September 18, 2018 20:48 UTC