This handout picture posted on September 21, 2020 on the Instagram account of @navalny shows Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his wife Yulia Navalnaya in Berlin's Charite hospital. (INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT @NAVALNY / AFP)

MOSCOW / BERLIN - The Kremlin said on Wednesday that opposition politician Alexei Navalny was free to return to Russia like any other citizen after being discharged from a hospital in Germany, which says he was poisoned with a nerve agent.

The 44-year-old Navalny collapsed during a flight in Siberia last month. He was airlifted from Russia to Berlin where the German government said tests in Germany, France and Sweden had determined he was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent.

Speaking to reporters on a conference call, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Kremlin was pleased to see that Navalny was making a recovery and had been discharged from hospital.

Navalny was discharged from the hospital in Berlin after his condition had improved sufficiently.

Moscow has said it is yet to see evidence of a crime and has opened a pre-investigation probe. The Kremlin has denied any involvement.

“Based on the patient’s progress and current condition, the treating physicians believe that complete recovery is possible. However, it remains too early to gauge the potential long-term effects of his severe poisoning,” the Charite hospital said in a statement issued on Wednesday.

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Navalny received treatment at the hospital for a total of 32 days, of which 24 days were spent in intensive care, it added.

“The decision to make details of Mr Navalny’s condition public was made in consultation with the patient and his wife,” the hospital said.

In a post on his Instagram feed on Saturday, Navalny said he had difficulties using his phone, pouring water or climbing stairs because his hands failed him and his legs trembled.

On Monday, Navalny called on Russia to hand over the clothes he was wearing when he fell into a coma last month and accused Moscow of withholding an important piece of evidence in his case.

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He said his clothes were taken away from him before he was flown to Germany for treatment from Siberia.