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Spokeswoman claims Navalny 'in coma' after tea ‘poisoned’ - Moscow protest leader became ill on flight from Siberia Spokeswoman claims Alexey Navalny 'in coma.' suspects tea was ‘poisoned’ - Moscow protest leader took ill on flight from Siberia
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Alexey Navalny, the blogger, anti-corruption campaigner and Moscow protest leader, is in a 'coma' in the intensive care unit of a Siberian hospital where he was admitted after his commercial flight made an emergency landing.Alexey Navalny, the blogger, anti-corruption campaigner and Moscow protest leader, is in a 'coma' in the intensive care unit of a Siberian hospital where he was admitted after his commercial flight made an emergency landing.
His spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh says the unconscious activist is connected to a ventilator in the city of Omsk, where his plane landed. Yarmysh also claims a doctor treating him, who at 9am Moscow time promised to provide test results, refuses to talk to Navalny's personal physician, campaigner Anastasia Vasilyeva. She is on en route to Omsk herself.  His spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh says the unconscious activist is connected to a ventilator in the city of Omsk, where his plane landed on Thursday morning. Anatoly Kalinichenko, deputy chief physician of the hospital where he was taken, warned that "there is no certainty that the cause of Navalny's condition is poisoning."
On Thursday morning, Navalny was on his way from Tomsk back to Moscow when he suddenly felt unwell mid-flight, his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh wrote in a series of tweets on Thursday. “His plane has  urgently landed in Omsk (another city). He has toxic poisoning,” she told her Twitter audience. According to Yarmysh, there are numerous police officers in the intensive care unit. She tweeted, at around 10.30am (Moscow time), that officials say Navalny is in a coma, in a stable, but serious condition. She added that staff haven't given a diagnosis or indicated if there is a threat to his life. 
Yarmysh believes Navalny, who showed no symptoms prior to the flight, was "poisoned with something mixed into his tea” as it was “the only thing he drank this morning.” In the middle of the journey, she wrote later, he began sweating, went to the toilet, and apparently lost consciousness for a period. Yarmysh earlier claimed that one of the doctors treating him, who at 9am (Moscow time) promised to provide test results, now refuses to talk to Navalny's personal physician, campaigner Anastasia Vasilyeva. She is en route to Omsk herself. 
On Thursday morning, Navalny was on his way from Tomsk back to Moscow when he suddenly felt unwell mid-flight, Yarmysh wrote in a series of tweets on Thursday. “His plane has urgently landed in Omsk (another city). He has toxic poisoning,” she tweeted. 
Navalny was brought to Omsk Ambulance Hospital number 1’s toxicology intensive care unit. Alexander Murakhovsky, the head doctor at the facility told news agency TASS that the activist "is in a serious condition."
Yarmysh believes Navalny, who showed no symptoms prior to the flight, was "poisoned with something mixed into his tea” as it was “the only thing he drank this morning.” In the middle of the journey, she wrote later, he began sweating, went to the toilet, and apparently lost consciousness for a period. RIA Novosti reported that Navalny did not eat or drink anything on the flight.
As the story unfolded, a video surfaced online, purportedly showing the moment when the opposition activist was evacuated from the plane. Someone is heard screaming as paramedics move along the aisle. As the story unfolded, a video surfaced online, purportedly showing the moment when the opposition activist was evacuated from the plane. Someone is heard screaming as paramedics move along the aisle. 
Omsk health authorities confirmed Navalny has been hospitalized, telling local media outlets that "all necessary examinations are being carried out" in one of the city's hospitals. Later, the head doctor at the hospital in question told news agency TASS that Navalny "is in a serious condition." A photo is also circulating, said to have been taken by a fellow passenger, which shows the activist having a cup of tea at an airside cafe before his departure from Tomsk. Airport management has vowed to do their part in investigating the incident. “We are looking into all the circumstances, we will examine CCTV recordings,” they said.
A photo circulating online, said to have been taken by a fellow passenger, shows the activist having a cup of tea at an airside cafe before his departure from Tomsk. Airport management has vowed to do their part in investigating the incident. “We are finding out all the circumstances, we will examine CCTV recordings,” they said.
Meanwhile, Yarmash suspects foul play, telling 'Echo of Moscow': "We do believe that this was a deliberate poisoning." The activist's team have demanded that police attend the hospital where he is currently being treated. Meanwhile, Yarmash suspects foul play, telling 'Echo of Moscow': "We do believe that this was a deliberate poisoning." The activist's team have demanded that police attend the hospital where he is currently being treated. 
She recalled an incident last year when Navalny suffered a severe allergic reaction while serving a prison sentence for staging an unsanctioned rally in Moscow. At the time, he was diagnosed with "contact dermatitis," but his team, again, insisted that it was "a poisoning by an unknown chemical substance."She recalled an incident last year when Navalny suffered a severe allergic reaction while serving a prison sentence for staging an unsanctioned rally in Moscow. At the time, he was diagnosed with "contact dermatitis," but his team, again, insisted that it was "a poisoning by an unknown chemical substance."
The samples were examined at the well-known Sklifosovsky Institute, where doctors found no traces of poison.The samples were examined at the well-known Sklifosovsky Institute, where doctors found no traces of poison.
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