Russian doctors treating opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in a coma after allegations that he was poisoned, have given him permission to go to Germany for treatment – after he initially refused to let him go. The doctors, in the Siberian city of Omsk, said Navalny – one of …
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Omsk, Russia The life of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is endangered by Russian doctors who refuse to allow him to be removed from the Siberian hospital where he is being treated for suspected poisoning, his spokeswoman accused Friday. A senior doctor at the facility, meanwhile, claimed that “no poison” …
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