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Navalny leaves Berlin hospital after poisoning attempt

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been discharged from the Berlin clinic where he was being treated for poisoning with a nerve toxin, the BBC reports. "My plans are simple: [go to] the physiotherapist ... Stand on one leg. Regain complete control over my fingers. Maintain my balance", he said. He could return to Russia "at any moment", a Kremlin spokesman said. The Kremlin denies accusations that it poisoned him.

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