Russian doctors granted permission Friday for opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the critic of President Vladimir Putin who has been in a coma following allegations he was poisoned in a Kremlin-linked attack, to be flown to Germany for medical treatment. Still, the Russian doctors asserted that they did not believe he actually was poisoned. German doctors flew out to the hospital and stated that it was safe to move Navalny, but their Russian counterparts disagreed at first, saying he was too unstable to be moved. A plane with German specialists and equipment necessary to transfer Navalny landed in Omsk on Friday, later examining Navalny and determining he was fit to transfer to Germany for treatment. Doctors said he had a severe allergic attack and discharged him back to prison the following day.

Source: Fox News August 21, 2020 16:39 UTC