An air ambulance took off from the Siberian city of Omsk on Saturday carrying Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to Germany for treatment of ...
Doctors treating him in Omsk initially refused to let Navalny leave but reversed course after his family and staff demanded he be allowed to travel to Germany AFP/Dimitar DILKOFFOMSK, Russia: An air ambulance took off from the Siberian city of Omsk on Saturday carrying Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to Germany for treatment of a suspected poisoning, after a day-long standoff over his medical evacuation.
The plane, chartered by the German NGO Cinema for Peace, took off around 8am local time to fly Navalny to Berlin's Charite hospital for treatment. Russian doctors have said tests did not find any trace of poison and said Navalny appeared to have a"metabolic disorder" and to have suffered a sharp drop in blood sugar levels.
They announced on Friday evening that they had agreed to let him be transferred after German doctors examined him and the Cinema for Peace foundation said they were"willing and able" to transport him to Berlin.The turnaround also followed a letter from Navalny's wife Yulia with a direct appeal to Putin and after aides asked the European Court of Human Rights to intervene with the Russian government.
The air ambulance was dispatched to take Navalny to Berlin after Chancellor Angela Merkel extended an offer of treatment.
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