Chubais, 67, is the highest ranking Russian official to have resigned from his post after President Putin ordered troops into Ukraine in February. He has been diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome, a disease caused by the immune system attacking the nervous system, Ksenia Sobchak, a Russian reporter and political activist, quoted him as saying on Telegram. He described his condition as “moderately severe and stable” and is able to communicate, but unable to walk. His wife, Avdotya Smirnova, who is with him, told Sobchak that her husband fell ill suddenly and is experiencing numbness in his limbs. Chubais left Russia immediately after
