Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in hospital after suspected poisoning

Alexei Navalny fell ill on a flight from Siberia to Moscow.

It's believed the only thing he had consumed was a cup of tea at the airport.

But it's not the first time the outspoken leader of Russia's main opposition party has been poisoned.

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[Stardog]

Brave man. Not many would have stayed strong with what he's been though. Hope he recovers well

[ericlovelace]

I'm glad that Britain doesn't engage in this type of thing. Cough..cough Robin Cook & Dr David Kelly cough..cough.

[peterg]

Tut Tut. Putin up to his usual pranks again..

[fewerbeansplease]

A lot of funny comments about something that is not in least funny....

[johnproton]

This is an outrage and a tragedy. I am full of respect for people who stand up to police state regimes like Navalny has...and who put themselves at risk for the eventual greater good of the population. These people are true selfless heroes.
The people of such police states are often the nicest, kindest people you can meet. It's such a shame that their leaders are so ruthless, so corrupt, so drunk on power that they will do anything to keep it, and the glory and wealth that goes with it. But they will never ever have the respect and the love of the ordinary person, the way Navalny has.

I hope he recovers. 🙏🤞🙏🤞🙏

[SolidSonicTH]

It's bad enough for a despot to create a martyr, it's worse to create a martyr who recovers.

[jamesmaher]

I get so angry until I remember that four days after a lady Judge was assigned to Jeffrey Epstein case a fed ex man called to her house and when she and her son opened the door he took out a gun and shot her son dead and shot her injuring her critically. As for the Clintons they have a body count of 48 and rising starting with Vince Foster moving onto witnesses in the Whitewater scandal and most recently the surgeon who blew the whistle on the Clinton Foundation after coming back from Haiti where billions of aid being managed by them went missing and he died two weeks after that disclosure on main stream tv and his death was reported and treated as a suicide and yes he stabbed him self twice in the heart if you could believe that, I for one couldn’t and don’t

[sirhumphreyappleby]

Riddle me this. Why would you go through the trouble of poisoning someone when it's going to be immediately obvious that they were poisoned? Seems a bit thick to me. Karla's replacement is obviously being worked very hard these days.

[emiliobello]

The poison adding person should have been arrested. Not Alexei

[feralshadw]

Today he was poisoned and killed in a siberian prison

[vcj]

As soon as soon opposition leader I knew good ole Putin at it again smh

[canadianpsychologist]

Shame on Cathy Newman of Channel 4 News! 😡

[ddd-lyrv]

I'm not sure what image of the world that creates.

[zmanzoran]

Lol...that was the sound of someone having a mental breakdown not poisoning

[simeonstarr]

No, sorry you cant visit your sick and unconscious husband as you didn't bring you marriage certificate, and he didn't give consent for the visit... Yo Russia ain't easy...😟😟

[austinnohrer]

If not that's gangsta s*** the poison somebody

[bgregg]

naughty pootie-poot is at it again. i'm surprised trumpy hasn't tried it yet on his enemies.

[emm_arr]

I think the person posting as Al Pike, K MT, Jason Devon and ChristianPatriarchy ... and many others ... is developing an in-house reputation as being the FSB Shitpost Quean.
I think I could send a package of spices from my local Asian supermarket to her, and it would land on her desk several days later.
She could take it home and it would be like chut mahai eating out. Spice her life right up!

[emm_arr]

... bald, hairy, bald, hairy, bald, hairy ...
A pattern in Russian leaders. The next one will have a good head of hair.

[adamscruton]

Isn't Russia brill 🤢. I wish I lived there it looks like utopia to me. Putin did nothing wrong😳