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Leading Russian opposition figure 'poisoned'
By EUobserver
Spokespersons for Russia's leading opposition activist, Alexei Navalny, have said he was poisoned after he fell unconscious on a flight from Tomsk in central Russia to Moscow on Wednesday morning. "We suspect Alexei was poisoned by something mixed into [his] tea ... Doctors are saying that the toxic agent absorbed faster through the hot liquid," Kira Yarmysh, his spokeswoman, tweeted. Russia has a history of poison attacks against regime opponents.