Russia opens preliminary probe into Alexei Navalny illness

Alexei Navalny fell ill on a flight to Moscow last week (Pavel Golovkin/AP)

Thu, 27 Aug, 2020 - 10:56

Daria Litvinova, Associated Press

Russian police have announced a preliminary probe into the circumstances of the sudden illness of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who fell into a coma last week following a suspected poisoning.

According to a statement released on Thursday by a Siberian branch of Russia’s Interior Ministry, investigators in the region are working on “establishing all the circumstances of the incident”, conducting forensic studies and collecting items “that may have probative value”.