Kremlin critic Navalny fights for life after suspected poisoning

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny is in a coma and on a ventilator in a hospital in Siberia after falling ill from suspected poisoning during a flight, according to his spokeswoman.

Kira Yarmysh said on Thursday that Navalny, 44, was flying from Siberia to Moscow after a work trip to Tomsk when his plane made an emergency landing after he fell ill.

He is in the intensive care unit for toxicology patients in Emergency Hospital No 1 in the Siberian city of Omsk, according to the TASS state news agency.

An ambulance aircraft with a team specialised in treating coma patients is due to leave Germany later on Thursday to pick him up, the Berlin-based Cinema for Peace Foundation said.