Germany Says Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny Poisoned With Russian Nerve Agent
September 3, 2020
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny fell into a sudden coma last month, after taking ill on a flight from Siberia to Moscow. Many suspected foul play was at work. The outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin was airlifted to a hospital in Berlin for treatment. This week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that Navalny was poisoned, and demanded that the Russian government answer for what happened to him.