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groundloop

(13,910 posts)
Fri Aug 21, 2020, 09:00 AM Aug 2020

Russian doctors refuse to let 'poisoned' opposition leader Navalny be flown to Germany for treatment

Source: ABC News

Russian doctors have refused to allow the anti-Kremlin opposition leader Alexey Navalny to be evacuated from Siberia to Germany for treatment for suspected poisoning, prompting accusations from his colleagues that the Kremlin is trying to cover up that he might have been poisoned.

An air ambulance organized by the Berlin-based non-profit Cinema for Peace landed in Omsk on Friday morning and was ready to carry Navalny to the German capital for treatment at a hospital there, Navalny's spokesman said.

But the head doctor at the Omsk hospital treating Navalny, Alexander Murakhovsky told reporters the hospital would not release Navalny for transport, saying his condition did not currently allow it. Another doctor at the hospital said at the current time they also do believe Navalny had been poisoned, saying no traces of poison have been found in his urine or blood.

"So at the present time, the diagnosis of poisoning, well, it probably remains in the back of our minds somewhere, but we don't believe that the patients suffered poisoning," deputy chief doctor, Anatoly Kalanichenko told reporters on camera. He said doctors were close now to confirming a different diagnosis.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/International/russian-doctors-refuse-poisoned-opposition-leader-navalny-flown/story?id=72517073&cid=clicksource_4380645_3_heads_hero_live_twopack_hed

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Russian doctors refuse to let 'poisoned' opposition leader Navalny be flown to Germany for treatment (Original Post) groundloop Aug 2020 OP
This is the world Trump aspires to. C_U_L8R Aug 2020 #1
Exactly! mountain grammy Aug 2020 #5
I hated being jaded but.. First Do No Harm! Cha Aug 2020 #2
Germany will let the world know what caused Navalny's illness . . Iliyah Aug 2020 #3
That is definite proof of poison. lagomorph777 Aug 2020 #4
Jesus fucking Christ. nt Codeine Aug 2020 #6
Calling Dr DeJoy? keithbvadu2 Aug 2020 #7
You know Trump is sitting there, seething, and thinking to himself... SKKY Aug 2020 #8
"Jared, get your ass in here -- I have a job for you to do before the election." NCjack Aug 2020 #11
Putin really wants him dead. And yes, Drumpf aspires to it. Evolve Dammit Aug 2020 #9
He enjoys watching them suffer first. BigmanPigman Aug 2020 #13
He enjoys watching them suffer first. BigmanPigman Aug 2020 #14
Of course VA_Jill Aug 2020 #10
Looks like they've relented Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2020 #12

C_U_L8R

(49,531 posts)
1. This is the world Trump aspires to.
Fri Aug 21, 2020, 09:12 AM
Aug 2020

And we see it taking hold all around as toadies and sycophants lie and cheat for his glorious benefit. Russia has to deal with its Putin and we have to deal with ours. Let's toss this asshole from office before its too late.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
3. Germany will let the world know what caused Navalny's illness . .
Fri Aug 21, 2020, 09:18 AM
Aug 2020

and try to save him. Russia will not.

SKKY

(12,811 posts)
8. You know Trump is sitting there, seething, and thinking to himself...
Fri Aug 21, 2020, 09:54 AM
Aug 2020

...WTF can't I do that?

BigmanPigman

(55,527 posts)
13. He enjoys watching them suffer first.
Fri Aug 21, 2020, 06:08 PM
Aug 2020

That sick fuckface needs the same dose of tea. I'd love to see and hear him in pain like his poor victims, an eye for an eye.

BigmanPigman

(55,527 posts)
14. He enjoys watching them suffer first.
Fri Aug 21, 2020, 06:09 PM
Aug 2020

That sick fuckface needs the same dose of tea. I'd love to see and hear him in pain like his poor victims, an eye for an eye.

VA_Jill

(14,624 posts)
10. Of course
Fri Aug 21, 2020, 11:24 AM
Aug 2020

they would say "no evidence" because Vlad ordered them to. This is the sort of thing Stalin did to his enemies, except that Stalin, not being GRU (well, its equivalent at the time) had to use less sophisticated methods. Vlad aspires to be Stalin, and Donny aspires to be Vlad. The closest Donny could ever get would be Idi Amin, but he doesn't have the army.

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