BERLIN (NYTIMES) - Russia's most prominent opposition figure Alexei Navalny arrived in Berlin for treatment on Saturday (Aug 22) after falling into a coma in Siberia in what his family and supporters suspect was a deliberate poisoning weeks before nationwide local elections.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BERLIN - Russia's most prominent opposition figure Alexei Navalny arrived in Berlin for treatment on Saturday after falling into a coma in Siberia in what his family and supporters suspect was a deliberate poisoning weeks before nationwide local elections.
The sudden illness struck Mr Navalny, who is the most persistent critic of President Vladimir Putin of Russia, just as popular uprisings have sprung up in Russia's Far East and in neighbouring Belarus - and only weeks before Russians vote in municipal elections Sept 13. "It is very useful to have an opposition figure in exile," Ms Schulmann said."He can be cast in the state media as a person who fled Russia. They can present it as unpatriotic behaviour."
Upon landing in Berlin, Mr Navalny's plane was met by an ambulance that took him, under police escort, to the hospital where doctors began extensive testing to determine what may have caused the illness and how to treat it. Several police officers were stationed outside the hospital throughout the day.Mr Navalny collapsed in agonising pain last Thursday shortly after takeoff on what was to have been a 2,000-mile flight to Moscow.
Mr Navalny's wife and personal doctor quickly dismissed this account, saying the idea that an otherwise healthy 44-year-old would collapse and fall into a days-long coma from low blood sugar was ridiculous.
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