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Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny in ICU after 'poisoning'

Alexei Navalny felt unwell on a flight back to Moscow from Tomsk, says his spokesperson

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2 min read Last Updated : Aug 20 2020 | 3:35 PM IST

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was placed on a ventilator in a hospital intensive care unit in Siberia after falling ill from suspected poisoning during a flight, his spokeswoman said Thursday morning.

The 44-year-old foe of Russia's President Vladimir Putin felt unwell on a flight back to Moscow from Tomsk, a city in Siberia, Kira Yarmysh said on Twitter. The plane made an emergency landing in Omsk. Alexei has a toxic poisoning, Yarmysh tweeted.

She told the Echo Moskvy radio station that Navalny was sweating and asked her to talk to him so that he could focus on a sound

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