Air ambulance leaves Germany to pick up Russian opposition figure Navalny: German media

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BERLIN, Aug 21, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – An air ambulance left Germany on Friday
morning on its way to pick up Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny from
hospital in Siberia, German media reported.

The rescue aircraft was dispatched from the Bavarian city of Nuremberg at
3:11 am (0111 GMT), the Bild daily reported.

The head of a German NGO had earlier told AFP that Berlin’s Charite
hospital was ready to treat Navalny, who is fighting for his life after a
suspected poisoning.