Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in ‘stable’ condition in Germany after being airlifted from Russia

The Russian anti-corruption campaigner and critic of President Vladimir Putin went into a coma after a suspected poisoning

He was flown to Berlin on Saturday and is being treated at Charite hospital

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A convoy of vehicles carrying Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny arrives at Charite Mitte Hospital Complex in Berlin, where he will receive medical treatment. Photo: Reuters

Published: 12:10am, 23 Aug 2020Updated: 12:21am, 23 Aug 2020

Leading Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who has suffered a suspected poisoning, was in a stable condition in hospital on Saturday after being flown to Berlin following a stand-off over his medical evacuation from Russia.

A convoy including two yellow ambulances brought Navalny from Berlin’s Tegel airport to the renowned Charite hospital just after 10.20am local time.

“Navalny’s condition is stable,” said Jaka Bizilj, the head of the Cinema for Peace foundation that brought Navalny to Germany in a chartered medical plane.

Berlin’s Charite hospital confirmed in a statement that it had admitted Navalny and was carrying out an “extensive medical diagnosis”.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was flown to Germany on a medical aircraft on Saturday. Photo: AFP

The 44-year-old lawyer and anti-corruption campaigner, one of President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critics, went into a coma after falling suddenly ill on Thursday on a plane to Moscow that had to make an emergency landing in Omsk.

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