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Russia. Navalny flew from Omsk to Germany

Doctors from the hospital in Omsk, where Alexei Navalny was comatose, allowed him to be transported abroad. In the morning, the opposition activist left the hospital in Omsk and was taken to the local airport, informed his spokeswoman Kira Jarmysz. From there, around 4 PM Polish time, he flew to Germany.

Alexei Navalny suspected of poisoning with an unknown substance went to a hospital in Omsk, Siberia on Thursday, is in a coma. His associates suspect that he has been poisoned.

On Friday, a German medical plane, sent at the request of the family and associates of the Russian opposition activist, landed in Omsk. He was to take him to Germany, where his treatment was to be continued. However, Russian doctors said the patient’s condition was “too unstable to be safely transported”. In turn, German doctors claimed that Navalny’s condition allowed him to travel to Germany. Earlier that day, Navalny’s family and associates reported that they were not allowed to see German doctors.

On Saturday, at 2 p.m. Polish time, Alexei Navalny left the hospital in Omsk and was taken by ambulance to the local airport, Reuters reported. “Alexei Navalny was put in an ambulance and taken to the airport” – spokeswoman of the oppositionist Kira Jarmysz confirmed on Twitter. At 4 a.m. Polish time, the plane with Navalny departed from the airport in Omsk and departed for Germany.

The launch of the machine was confirmed by the head of the airport in Omsk by Interfax agency. The flight to the German capital will take around six hours. According to the dpa agency, 44-year-old Navalny is to be treated at the famous Charite clinic in Berlin.

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Alexei Navalny is to be sent to a German hospital on SaturdayHAYOUNG JEON / PAP / EPA

“Stable enough” to fly

The deputy chief physician of the facility, Anatoly Kaliniczenko, said Friday afternoon that the doctors had allowed Navalny to be transported abroad. He added that “the patient shows positive dynamics and is sufficiently stable.” Quoted by the independent television station Dożd, the doctor stressed that Navalny’s brother and wife “take the risk”. He pointed out that the medics “do not oppose” and that the flight “will take place today in a few hours”. It was late evening in Omsk at the time of this news. The time difference between Warsaw and Omsk is four hours ahead.

The doctor said that the hospital was ready to help with the transport. He maintained that Navalny had not been poisoned. He added that the opposition activist was still in a pharmacological coma. A spokeswoman for the opposition activist Kira Jarmysz confirmed that talks on the transport “have started”. “It is a pity that the doctors needed so much time to make this decision. The plane has been waiting since morning, the documents were also ready then” – wrote the spokeswoman on Twitter on Friday.

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Charite Hospital in Berlin. Navalny is to go therePAP / EPA / HAYOUNG JEON

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