Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition figure, unconscious in hospital, says aide
Politician may have been poisoned by toxic substance in his tea, says press secretary
The Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny is “unconscious” in hospital after allegedly being poisoned with a toxic substance in his tea, according to his press secretary.
Navalny, 44, an outspoken critic of Russian president Vladimir Putin, was reported to be returning to Moscow by plane from Tomsk in Siberia when began to feel ill, his press secretary, Kira Yarmish, said on Twitter.
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