Pussy Riot confirm that fellow member Peter Verzilov was poisoned in Moscow
The confirmation comes via a statement by Pussy Riot, just hours after German doctors who were treating Verzilov revealed that it is “highly probable" that he was poisoned.
Hours after German doctors treating Peter Verzilov, a member of the Russian protest group Pussy Riot revealed that it is “highly probable” that he was poisoned, Pussy Riot has released a statement confirming that Verzilov was indeed poisoned in Moscow last week.
Verzilov, who was one of four members of Pussy Riot who rushed the field dressed in police uniforms during the FIFA World Cup final in Moscow to protest against excessive Russian police powers, fell ill following a court hearing last Tuesday. The Russian-Canadian activist’s friends and relatives had suspected poisoning after he began to lose his sight, speech, motor skills, and memory.
