Russia’s main opposition figure Alexei #Navalny is in a serious condition in hospital after his tea was allegedly poisoned.
“This is a targeted poisoning organized by the FSB and ordered by Vladimir Putin,” @Billbrowder told me.
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Navalny spokesperson @Kira_Yarmysh says “we suspect that Alexei was poisoned by something mixed into [his] tea” which he drank at an airport cafe in the Siberian city of Tomsk before boarding a flight to Moscow.
#Navalny fell ill on the flight and disturbing video footage being shared online shows him screaming in the bathroom. Emergency services take him off the plane after it makes an emergency landing.
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Browder believes the attack happened as a result of Putin being spooked by what is happening in #Belarus.
"Putin is terrified of the Belarus situation coming to Russia and Alexei Navalny unseating him,” @Billbrowder
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Navalny has long been a target for the Kremlin, being jailed and attacked on multiple occasions.
But this marks a “very dangerous escalation” @Billbrowder says.
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