Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny in Coma After ‘Poisoning’

44-year-old lawyer, activist and Vladimir Putin critic Alexei Navalny was allegedly poisoned on Thursday 20th August. He was flying back to Moscow from Tomsk in Siberia when he fell ill.

Navalny’s spokeswoman said the only thing he drank was a hot tea at the airport. Once the plane took off, he started to sweat and asked her to talk to him so he could focus on her voice. After that, he went to the bathroom and fell unconscious.

The plane made an emergency landing in Omsk, where he was rushed to a local hospital. He is now in a coma attached to a ventilator in an intensive care unit of the Siberian hospital. Doctors say he is in a serious but stable condition.

Alexei Navalny has made a name for himself by exposing official corruption and has faced several arrests, jail terms and attacks for his work.

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Report by Giulia Bassanese
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