*Another* Putin critic gets mysteriously ill
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"My pronouns are FA/FO." - Mik, 2024
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Russian doctors say "not poisoned, and no, you can't take him to Germany for care.
Russian doctors treating the country’s most prominent opposition figure said on Friday that Alexei Navalny was not poisoned, as allies of the Kremlin critic suspect.
Instead, the 44-year-old is said to have been diagnosed with a metabolic disease possibly caused by low blood sugar.
Alexander Murakhovsky, the head doctor treating Navalny in the Siberian city of Omsk, said traces of industrial chemical substances had been found on Navalny’s clothes and fingers, according to Reuters, in comments after doctors said he hadn’t been poisoned.
Earlier on Friday, Murakhovsky had warned an attempt to move him to Germany would pose a threat to his life.
Navalny is in a coma after falling ill during a flight to Moscow from Siberia on Thursday. Allies of Navalny have claimed something was put in his tea at an airport cafe.
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@George-K said in *Another* Putin critic gets mysteriously ill:
Russian doctors say "not poisoned, and no, you can't take him to Germany for care.
Russian doctors treating the country’s most prominent opposition figure said on Friday that Alexei Navalny was not poisoned, as allies of the Kremlin critic suspect.
Instead, the 44-year-old is said to have been diagnosed with a metabolic disease possibly caused by low blood sugar.
Alexander Murakhovsky, the head doctor treating Navalny in the Siberian city of Omsk, said traces of industrial chemical substances had been found on Navalny’s clothes and fingers, according to Reuters, in comments after doctors said he hadn’t been poisoned.
Earlier on Friday, Murakhovsky had warned an attempt to move him to Germany would pose a threat to his life.
Navalny is in a coma after falling ill during a flight to Moscow from Siberia on Thursday. Allies of Navalny have claimed something was put in his tea at an airport cafe.
The doctors are taking special care for themselves to make sure they are not “not poisoned”.
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@Loki said in *Another* Putin critic gets mysteriously ill:
The doctors are taking special care for themselves to make sure they are not “not poisoned”.
You have no idea how right you are:
Doctors treating Putin nemesis Aleksey Navalny in the ICU have told police that the substance which poisoned him is so dangerous they are wearing protective clothing.
Ivan Zhdanov, one of Navalny’s fellow anti-corruption campaigners, addressed media outside the hospital to say the authorities were refusing requests to let Navalny fly to Germany for further treatment.
They fear the Kremlin has intervened because they do not want foreign doctors to identify the substance which was used against Navalny, who has been targeted for years by Putin for his outspoken opposition to the Russian president.
Kira Yarmysh, Navalny’s closest aide, said: “The ban on transporting Navalny in an attempt on his life being carried out right now by doctors and the deceitful authorities that have authorized it.”
Zhdanov said the transport police officer refused to disclose the name of the substance, due to the secrecy of the investigation, but he explained that it was “deadly not only for Alexey, but also for those around him, everyone should be in protective suits.”
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It's not the first time. He had an unexpected "allergic reaction" in jail back in 2019.
Alexei Navalny: 'I have never had an allergy'
Apparently, they've now agreed to allow him to go to Germany.
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Maybe he had some pizza that was in his car too long?
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7049jn5kd3o
Alexei Zimin, 52, was an outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Crimea in 2014. He had spent his final years exiled in the UK.
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Mr Zimin was found dead in a hotel room in Belgrade, according to reports in Russian media.
He had travelled to the Serbian capital to promote his new book about Britain Anglomania.
Katerina Ternovskaya, co-owner of the restaurant where Zimin had presented his book and prepared food, said people were "in shock" adding that "the last time we have seen him, he was smiling and in a great mood”.
Serbia has a large expatriate Russian community and is the only country in Europe to maintain direct flights to Russia.
