[DeanFL]

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hmmm, they have had quite a few of these. Seems as if Russian "tea producers" are encountering issues with their tea leaves. One would think the Putin government would investigate this, in order to protect the Public.
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Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny is unconscious in intensive care after a suspected poisoning, his spokeswoman said Thursday.

The anti-corruption campaigner and staunch critic of President Vladimir Putin fell ill while on a flight back to Moscow from the Siberian city of Tomsk, Kira Yarmysh said on Twitter.

Yarmysh said Navalny began to feel unwell after drinking tea that appeared to have been laced with a toxin. Russia's state news agency Tass confirmed Navalny is being treated for poisoning in a hospital in Omsk, where his plane made an emergency landing. Citing the chief doctor at the hospital, Tass said he is in grave condition.

Navalny, 44, is the effective face of political opposition to Putin and he has been in and out of jail in recent for his activism against Russia's longtime leader.

Last year, Navalny claimed he was poisoned while serving a short jail sentence. Doctors said he had a severe allergic reaction to an unknown substance. He was left partially blind in one eye after a pro-Putin activist attacked him with a chemical in 2017. I]

Russian Putin critic Alexei Navalny in suspected poisoning

[woodywdmt]

In poopins russia, along with people falling out of windows, poisonings are considered death by natural causes!

[Two Bills]

The bit I like in the report, was the Kremlin wishing the chap a speedy recovery!

[davem4616]

to quote a line from "Boggie" in the movie Casablanca...."it sounds like he was just an unlucky fella..."