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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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