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Russian activist Pyotr Verzilov, a member of the anti-Kremlin punk band Pussy Riot and the dissident art troupe Voina, is doing better since he arrived in Berlin for treatment following a suspected poisoning, friends say.

Before his arrival in the German capital late on September 15 on a medical flight from Moscow, family members said Verzilov’s sight, speech and mobility were impaired.

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