Anti-Putin activist Alexei Navalny in coma likely from poisoning
A constant thorn in Vladimir Putin’s side, Navalny is in a Siberian hospital in a serious condition
20 August 2020 - 15:26
Moscow — Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was in a coma in a Siberian hospital on Thursday after drinking a cup of tea his spokesperson said she believes was laced with poison.
A fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin, Navalny started feeling ill when returning to Moscow from Tomsk in Siberia by plane on Wednesday morning. He was carried off the plane on a stretcher after it made an emergency landing at Omsk...
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