MOSCOW—Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin and Moscow’s political elite, was in critical condition at a Siberian hospital after being poisoned and falling unconscious, his spokeswoman said. Mr. Navalny started feeling ill after drinking tea early Thursday before a flight to Moscow from the Siberian city of Tomsk, Kira Yarmysh wrote on Twitter. The plane made an emergency landing in the city of Omsk, where Mr. Navalny was admitted to the hospital, she added.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 20, 2020 07:01 UTC