The German government says Russia's opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has been poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent. The most prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin was airlifted to Berlin for treatment after falling ill during a flight in Russia's Siberia region last month. He has been in a coma since.
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