Russian Opposition Leader *mysteriously* falls into a coma

[Trunkage]

More house cleaning I see

Russia's Navalny in coma in ICU after alleged poisoning

www.9news.com.au

 

[Shadyside]

Should have used ricin.

 

[CM156]

At this point, our old pal Valdamir could strangle people live on TV and it would somehow be less suspicious than his current MO.

 

[Palindromemordnilap]

In the tea again? Goddamnit Putin leave the beverages out of this!

 

[Kwak]

Navalny 'stable' upon arrival in Germany for medical treatment

He landed in Berlin on Saturday morning after Russian doctors said he was 'stable' enough to travel.

www.euronews.com

Omsk, Siberia.

Doctors on Friday morning have denied permission for him to be transferred in Germany to seek medical treatment due to his "unstable" condition.

Navalny's spokeswoman, Kira Yarmysh, affirmed such ban "means a direct threat to his life" and was decided by "the Kremlin".

 

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[Agema]

At this point, our old pal Valdamir could strangle people live on TV and it would somehow be less suspicious than his current MO.

Gee, I am shocked, SHOCKED, that a doctor in Russia would say that a previously healthy man showing obvious symptoms of poisoning isn't really poisoned when the main suspect is the leader of Russia. Sadly, this probably has the desired chilling effect on Russian nationals internationally condemning Putin. No one wants to end up drinking hazardous radioactive isotopes or getting poison injected into them by a modified umbrella.

Sort of. I think the idea is that a lot of these poisonings are deliberately suspicious: we're all supposed to know who it was, just not be able to prove it.

There are arguments that due to endemic crime and colossal corruption in the Russian state, rogue government personnel and organised crime may be responsible for a lot of this sort of stuff rather than Putin, and they might actually be a hindrance to Putin rather than his intent. Putin still rules with a veneer of legitimacy: poisoning spies that have defected can be passed off as national interest, but poisoning opposition leaders is tyranny. However, even if Navalny's poisoning was not Kremlin-sanctioned, everyone's going to think it was, so it's still worth trying to control the media story and fudge the issue.

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The pharmacologist in me also disapproves of this statement I saw in a report: "Doctors later stated that he had most likely been poisoned by antipsychotics or neuroleptics." This is a tautology: neuroleptic is just an obsolete term for antipsychotic.

 

[stroopwafel]

Gee, I am shocked, SHOCKED, that a doctor in Russia would say that a previously healthy man showing obvious symptoms of poisoning isn't really poisoned when the main suspect is the leader of Russia. Sadly, this probably has the desired chilling effect on Russian nationals internationally condemning Putin. No one wants to end up drinking hazardous radioactive isotopes or getting poison injected into them by a modified umbrella.

The entire oligarch/KGB/criminal ilk have a lot to lose with Putin not in office. Navalny already pissed off some serious oligarchs with his youtube videos and had acid thrown in his eye(which required surgery to restore the vision) and was poisoned before but his red, bloated face was labeled 'allergies'. Not entirely convinced Putin is responsible. If Navalny dies he could become some martyr for the opposition and turn public opinion against him. Navalny is already really popular and his death would amplify his claims. Putin seems like a person who would have considered these implications. This definitely looks like the action of someone without the kind of cunning and patience Putin is known for. Navalny also wasn't someone who needed to be silenced because he 'knew something'. Purely for the attacks on Putin's electoral status it seems very counterproductive for him to be poisoned. Probably he just angered the wrong oligarch or some other criminal.

 

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