Pyotr Verzilov, a member of Pussy Riot and one of the publishers of the independent news website Mediazona, was hospitalized in critical condition late on Sept. 11. His partner, Veronika Nikulshina, told Meduza that he’s started losing his sight, speech, and mobility.
Pyotr Verzilov is currently receiving treatment at the toxicology wing of Moscow’s Bakhrushin City Clinical Hospital. Verzilov’s friends told Meduza that his mother came to the hospital on the evening of Sept. 12, but staff wouldn’t let her see her son, and even refused to describe his condition or inform her about his preliminary diagnosis.
