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| - Here are the main developments in the poisoning of Alexei Navalny, a fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was discharged Wednesday after a month in a Berlin hospital. On August 20, the 44-year-old lawyer and anti-corruption campaigner is hospitalised in intensive care in the Siberian city of Omsk after he lost consciousness while on a flight. His entourage says he has been poisoned, while Russian medics treating him say they have found "no trace" of poison in his blood or urine. Two days later, in a medically induced coma, he is transferred to the Charite hospital in the German capital at his family's request. The Russian medical team treating him had initially refused the move. On August 24, German doctors say tests indicate poisoning. On August 27, the Russian judiciary announces that it has launched a preliminary probe into the affair, while saying there is no proof of a poisoning. On September 2, Berlin says medical tests carried out by a German army laboratory have yielded "unequivocal evidence" that Navalny was a victim of poisoning by Novichok, a Soviet-era chemical weapon. German Chancellor Angela Merkel seeks clarification from Moscow. NATO, followed by the European Union, demands an investigation. On September 3, the Kremlin rejects claims that Moscow was behind the poisoning. On September 4, a Russian toxicologist says Navalny's health could have deteriorated because of dieting, stress or fatigue, insisting no poison had been found in the tests conducted in Siberia. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg demands Moscow reveal its alleged Novichok programme to the global chemical weapons watchdog. On September 6, Germany, which holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, says it will discuss possible sanctions against Russia if the Kremlin does not provide an explanation soon. Merkel says she will not rule out consequences for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, a new and highly controversial connection that will take Russian gas directly to Germany via the Baltic Sea. On September 7, the Berlin hospital says Navalny emerges from a medically induced coma and is responsive. On September 14, laboratories in France and Sweden confirm Germany's findings that Navalny was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent. French President Emmanuel Macron urges Putin by telephone to urgently shed light on the "attempted murder". Putin condemns "unsubstantiated" accusations. On September 15 Navalny posts a message on Instagram saying he is able to breathe unaided, appearing with his wife Yulia and two children wearing a hospital gown sitting up in bed, looking gaunt. Two days later aides of Navalny say they have discovered traces of a Novichok nerve agent on a bottle taken from the hotel in Siberia where he stayed before falling ill. On September 21 Navalny says Western laboratories have found traces of Novichok in and on his body and he demands Moscow return his clothes from the day he fell ill. The next day Navalny is discharged and the Berlin hospital says a "complete recovery is possible". burs-kd-eab/pma
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