Moscow (CNN) Russian opposition leader and outspoken Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny was unconscious and on a ventilator in a Siberian hospital Thursday after falling ill from suspected poisoning, his spokeswoman said. He only drank black tea in an airport cafe before takeoff, Yarmysh told Russian radio station Echo of Moscow. "The evasive reaction of doctors only confirms that this is poisoning," Yarmysh added. Yarmysh told Russian media outlet Mediazona that Navalny had shown no signs of illness until after they had taken off from Tomsk. "He said that he was not feeling well and asked me for a napkin, he had perspiration," Yarmysh told Echo.

Source: CNN August 20, 2020 06:23 UTC