A member of the Russian protest group Pussy Riot said Tuesday he’s recovering after two weeks in intensive care for a suspected poisoning while a fellow activist suggested he could have been targeted for looking into the killings of Russian journalists in Africa. The Charite hospital said Pyotr Verzilov is no longer showing the symptoms of disorientation that he had when he arrived in mid-September after his initial treatment in Moscow. If I hadn’t been there that night, he would probably no longer be alive.”

In the following days, Verzilov fought for his life and only slowly regained consciousness. WATCH: German doctors say poisoning is ‘highly plausible’ for Russian-Canadian Pussy Riot member

U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller has indicted Prigozhin and members of a “troll farm” he allegedly funded for waging “information warfare” against the United States through social media platforms and internet-based media. READ MORE: Freeland vows Canada ‘will act appropriately’ in response to poisoning of Canadian Pussy Riot member

Verzilov and three other Pussy Riot members spent 15 days in jail in Russia for running onto field during the World Cup final to protest Russian police brutality. His friend and fellow Pussy Riot activist Nadezhda Tolokonnikova told The Associated Press after returning from Berlin that German doctors were unable to determine what sickened Verzilov because any possible toxin had been washed out of his body during his treatment at a Moscow hospital.
Pussy Riot activist Pyotr Verzilov states on Twitter that he is recovering after spending two weeks at Charité in the intensive care unit from a suspected poisoning.