Pussy Riot activist hospitalised

Pyotr Verzilov, a Pussy Riot activist whose demonstrations against the Russian government included running onto the field during the World Cup final, has been hospitalised in Moscow in what the protest group suspects was a poisoning attack.

Veronika Nikulshina, a fellow Pussy Riot member, told the Meduza newspaper that Verzilov lost his sight, speech and mobility. He was being treated on Wednesday in the toxicology wing of a hospital, she said.