2:07Sergei Markov, a political commentator who appears frequently on Russian state TV talk shows, suggested Navalny's poisoning is a plot by western interests to "demonize" the Kremlin and damage relations between the European Union and Russia. A police officer speaks with a supporter of Navalny outside a hospital in Omsk, Russia, on Aug. 21. Navalny was taken ill with suspected poisoning en route from Tomsk, Russia, to Moscow while on a plane, which made an emergency landing in Omsk. A woman attends a gathering to show support for Navalny in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Aug. 20. Poisoning victimsPeter Verzilov, a dual Canadian-Russian citizen, ended up in the same Berlin hospital in 2018 in a coma after a suspected case of poisoning that he blames on Russia's security services.

Source: CBC News August 25, 2020 12:11 UTC