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Interview with colleague to one of two women poisoned in Russia

(8 Mar 2007) SHOTLIST 1. Exterior of Marina Kovalevsky's medical clinic 2. Close-up of sign on door 3. Close-up of English and Russian languages on door to clinic 4. Interior of administrative office of medical clinic, pan to receptionist on phone 5. Wide set-up of Dr Arkady Stern, a colleague of Marina Kovalevsky 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Arkady Stern, colleague of Marina Kovalevsky "She left Los Angeles in a good state of health, in good spirits. She was looking forward to have this vacation. And of course, then it was this poisoning. And it took a few days because symptoms of thallium poisoning are non-specific, so it took some time before this diagnosis of thallium poisoning was made. And then I know that Doctor Kovalevsky got treatment which included dialysis and also she received treatment with Berlin Blue and Prussian Blue, which is an antidote for thallium, and her condition started to improve." 7. Still photo of Kovalevsky and daughter Yana Kovalevsky 8. Close-up of Marina and Yana Kovalevsky 9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Arkady Stern, colleague of Marina Kovalevsky: "If you ask how I feel about this, I would say it probably was some sort of tragic mistake, because I hardly could think of anybody who would - she didn't have any enemies - everybody loves her, everybody loves her. She's a great doctor. She's a wonderful specialist. As I said, her patients, her colleagues, doctors in Cedar-Sinai (medical centre), everybody loves and respects her." 10. Wide of Stern STORYLINE: Two California women who were hospitalised in Moscow for possible thallium poisoning were flying home to the United States on Wednesday, as colleagues and relatives struggled to understand how and why someone would give the two the potentially fatal chemical. A US Embassy spokesman identified the women as Marina Kovalevsky and her daughter, Yana, but gave no further details. Russian authorities were investigating when and how the women were exposed to the poison, the spokesman said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of embassy rules. The hospital where they have been treated since falling ill on February 24 said on Wednesday morning that they were in a moderately serious condition and Moscow's top public health doctor, Nikolai Filatov, was quoted by the RIA-Novosti news agency as saying that thallium poisoning had been confirmed. The two were scheduled to arrive back in Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon on an Aeroflot flight from Moscow. Both Marina, 49, and Yana, 26, are Soviet-born and emigrated to the United States in 1989, and have visited Russia repeatedly since then, relatives and colleagues said. In West Hollywood, California, where Marina Kovalevsky opened an internal medicine practice some six or seven years ago, relatives said she left for Moscow on February 14 to attend a friend's party. Surrounded by the cities of Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, West Hollywood has a large Russian-speaking immigrant community. A colleague at her medical practice, Dr Arkady Stern, told The Associated Press that Marina Kovalevsky left Los Angeles "in a good state of health, in good spirits." Stern said that after it was suspected that she was poisoned, she was given dialysis and took an antidote called "Prussian Blue" and her condition began to improve. He said that since both had the same symptoms, it led to the suspicion that they were poisoned but he believed it was "some sort of tragic mistake." There was no indication of whether the women had business or political interests in Russia that could have made them a target for poisoning. Thallium is a reputed poison of choice for assassins. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...