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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s symptoms are improving after his suspected poisoning, the German doctors treating him have said. The 44-year-old is stable and there is “no immediate danger to his life”, according to the Charite hospital in Berlin, although it “remains too early to gauge potential long-term effects”. Russian officials have rejected accusations from
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German doctors treating Russian dissident Alexei Navalny say tests indicate he was poisoned. Medics at Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin, where the Putin critic has been since being transferred from Omsk in Russia’s Siberia region on Saturday, said: “The clinical findings indicate intoxication by a substance from the cholinesterase inhibitor group. “The specific substance has not been identified
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Belarus’s president, Alexander Lukashenko, has brandished an assault rifle in Minsk as 200,000 protesters took to the streets of the capital. As demonstrations against his disputed election victory a fortnight ago continue, Russia’s foreign minister claimed the country’s opposition politicians want “bloodshed”. Turning the streets red and white on Sunday with their vibrant flags, those
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Belarus’s main opposition challenger has revealed she will return home when the regime is ready for dialogue and is even willing to engage with President Alexander Lukashenko. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who fled to Lithuania after challenging the results of a disputed presidential election two weeks ago, told Sky News the momentum for change in her country
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