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Alexei Navalny has long been a fierce critic of the Kremlin. If he was poisoned, why now? And what does it mean?

  • Written by William Partlett, Associate Professor, University of Melbourne
Alexei Navalny has long been a fierce critic of the Kremlin. If he was poisoned, why now? And what does it mean?Sergey Ponomarev/AP

The headlines are grim. Alexei Navalny, a key leader of the Russian opposition, is currently fighting for his life in a coma after allegedly being poisoned in Siberia.

A medical team from Germany is en route to the hospital today to transport Navalny to Berlin for treatment.

Navalny, who has been the victim of numerous attacks...

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