Update (0730ET): Though doctors have yet to affirmatively declare that Navalny was indeed poisoned, his spokeswoman is insisting that Putin was behind the attack, even as journalists have warned against jumping to conclusions because so many rich and powerful people in Russia hate Navalny.
Navalny’s spokeswoman on who might have poisoned Russian opposition leader: “It is Putin. Whether he gave the order or not, it is on him”. https://t.co/gOqo1QzmJU
— Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) August 20, 2020
Leonid Ragozin is a journalist known as a prominent critic of Putin. Because who needs facts when “Putin did it”?
He also accused Russian media of sowing lies about the “poisoning”.
After Lifenews, another Kremlin-friendly source names a substance Navalny might have been poisoned with. Both versions however vaguely hint at drug addiction, which makes them sound very dubious. https://t.co/Z9prlbo0K4
— Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) August 20, 2020
Over in the Kremlin, Putin’s press shop officially wished the opposition leader a speedy recovery.
- KREMLIN SPOKESMAN SAYS KREMLIN WISHES NAVALNY A SPEEDY RECOVERY LIKE ANY OTHER CITIZEN WHO FINDS THEMSELVES IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES
- KREMLIN SPOKESMAN SAYS DOCTORS ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO HELP OPPOSITION POLITICIAN NAVALNY RECOVER
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For the second time in just over a year, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has apparently been poisoned. According to media reports, the liberal politician and leader of Russia’s anti-Putin domestic opposition was admitted to a hospital in Siberia after his aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing.
Navalny became sick on a flight from Tomsk to Moscow on Thursday and lost consciousness on the aircraft after reportedly drinking a cup of tea in the airport (it’s always the tea), according to his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh. The politician collapsed in the plane’s bathroom during the flight.
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