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    Pussy Riot's Verzilov Released From Berlin Hospital, Blames Kremlin For Poisoning Him

    In a BBC interview after his discharge from Berlin's Charité hospital, Verzilov said his "poisoning" was "so professionally" carried out that it had to be the work of Russian intelligence.
    by Scott Neuman Sep 27, 2018 1 minute

    Pyotr Verzilov, a member of the Russian protest band Pussy Riot who fell seriously ill in Moscow two weeks ago, says he believes he was poisoned by agents working for the Kremlin.

    Verzilov, after being released from a hospital in Berlin on Wednesday, blamed Russia's military intelligence service, the GRU, saying: "The poisoning was carried out so professionally that no other conclusion is possible."

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