It was after 11:00 p.m. when Evgenia left the hospital. She climbed into Prokhorov’s car and they drove to her parents’ apartment. Once there, she placed the samples in the refrigerator and emailed Vladimir’s medical charts to me. The next morning, she returned to the hospital with the Israeli intensive care specialist. After examining Vladimir, he concurred with his Russian counterparts. Vladimir could not be moved. Evgenia had suspected this, but hearing it from a trustworthy source was thoroughly demoralizing. She was now faced with an impossible dilemma—if she moved her husband he would
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