Poisoned Navalny awakens, responds to speech | Abroad

The doctors decided that Navalny could be brought out of his artificial coma and he is responding to speech, the hospital added. “Long-term damage as a result of the severe poisoning cannot be ruled out.”

Emergency landing

Navalny became unwell during a flight from Siberia to Moscow on August 20. His plane then made an emergency landing in Omsk, where the Russian opposition leader was admitted to a hospital.

People from Navalny say that he had drunk tea that was said to have been poisoned prior to the flight. At the urging of his family, friends and Western leaders, Navalny was taken to Germany for treatment by ambulance flight.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has asked Russia for clarification and is not ruling out sanctions. Moscow accused Berlin of judging on Sunday on the basis of insufficient information.

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