Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, founder of Pussy Riot protest group and close friend of anti-Kremlin activist and publisher of a Russian online news portal Pyotr Verzilov, speaks during an interview in an apartment in Moscow, Russia September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Pyotr Verzilov, an anti-Kremlin activist being treated in a Berlin hospital for suspected poisoning, has been given a police guard for his own protection, a close friend who visited him in hospital said on Tuesday.
Verzilov, publisher of a Russian online news portal with close ties to punk protest group Pussy Riot, fell ill suddenly two weeks ago, losing his sight, hearing and the ability to walk.
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