Putin’s opponent is said to have been poisoned
Friday, August 21, 2020 | 10:35 p.m.
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WHAT / WHAT (AFP) / OLGA MALTSEVA
–The departure of the prominent Kremlin critic Alexej Navalny for Germany will be delayed by a few hours, according to the authorities in Omsk. The special aircraft chartered in Berlin will not take off until Saturday morning, local time, said the region’s Ministry of Health, as reported by the Russian news agency Tass.
The reason given was that the pilots had to comply with statutory rest periods. Nawalny’s spokeswoman Kira Jarmysch also wrote on Twitter that it could take several hours before departure. She didn’t give any details. Omsk is four hours ahead of Central European Summer Time (CEST). However, the plane is expected in Berlin this Saturday, where Navalny is to be treated in the Charité after his possible poisoning.
The opposition has been in a coma since Thursday and is artificially ventilated. Nawalny’s team believe that he was the victim of a poison attack while traveling through Siberia. The Russian doctors, however, only speak of a metabolic disorder. Only after hours of back and forth did they let go of their concerns about moving to Germany in the evening. Navalny is one of the sharpest critics of President Vladimir Putin.
From: APA / dpa
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