Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, in a coma after a suspected poisoning, has been flown from Siberia to Berlin for treatment by specialists. 9News
"Tests were immediately taken for the presence of toxic substances in the body," the ministry said.
A general view of Charite Hospital where Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny is being treated in Berlin, Germany. "He's a healthy strong man with a good constitution — the night before the attack he was swimming in a river," Mr Bizilj said. When German specialists arrived aboard a plane equipped with advanced medical equipment Friday morning at his family's behest, Mr Navalny's physicians in Omsk initially said he was too unstable to move.
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