Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny 'poisoned'

Russian opposition leader Navalny delivering a speech during a demonstration in Moscow on September 29, 2019.   

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  • Alexei Navalny is unconscious and in intensive care in hospital after apparently being poisoned, his spokeswoman said on Thursday.

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is unconscious and in intensive care in hospital after apparently being poisoned, his spokeswoman said Thursday.

Kira Yarmysh said Navalny was flying from Siberia to Moscow and his plane made an emergency landing after he fell ill.

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"Alexei has toxic poisoning," she wrote on Twitter. "Alexei is now in intensive care."

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