Anti-corruption campaigner critical but stable after being evacuated from Russia to hospital in Berlin
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny. Picture: REUTERS/SHAMIL ZHUMATOV
Dissident security service officer Alexander Litvinenko died in London after consuming tea laced with polonium in 2006 and former spy Sergei Skripal survived an assassination attempt with a weapons-grade nerve agent, Novichok, in Salisbury, England, in 2018. UK officials linked both attacks to the Russian state.
Navalny was under close surveillance by Russian security services during his visit to the Siberian city of Tomsk just before he fell ill, Russia’s Moskovsky Komsomolets reported, citing security sources. German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government said it hopes Navalny’s treatment in Berlin will lead to a complete recovery, according to the press office. The hospital did not give an update on his condition on Sunday.
Navalny’s team said a toxin was found, citing an unidentified police officer. There has been no official confirmation of a possible poisoning.
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