"This morning, Zakhar Prilepin was successfully brought out of the medically induced coma, he is conscious and feeling well," the press office said.
On Saturday, the politician's car was blown up on a highway in the Nizhny Novgorod Region. The driver was killed, and Prilepin sustained injuries. The region's governor, Gleb Nikitin, said that Prilepin had undergone successful surgery following the attack.
Local residents told Sputnik that Prilepin had both of his legs broken after his car was blown up, but he was conscious.