Navalny’s spokeswomen said on Friday that the Russian opposition figure’s life was at risk, as doctors were refusing to move him from the Siberian hospital where he is being treated for suspected poisoning.
The hospital in the city of Omsk claimed that Navalny's condition was too unstable for him to be transported, announcing there were no traces of poison in Navalny's body.
Partisans denounce Kremlin manoeuvre
Navally’s supporters have claimed that the decision is politically motivated.
“They are waiting for the toxins to be released so that they are undetectable in the body," Navalny’s right-hand man Leonid Volkov tweete. He said Navalny’s life was in grave danger.
Doctors at the hospital announced on Friday that there were no traces of poison Navalny's body.
France, Germany offer support
The leaders of France and Germany expressed concern on Thursday and offered their assistance.
Macron said France stood ready to provide help regarding Navalny's health, asylum or protection, while Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, said the Kremlin critic could receive medical treatment in either country.
Merkel said European leaders would demand explanations. She said that the conditions of the poisoning should have been more transparent.
An air ambulance was sent to Russia on Friday to fly Navalny to Germany.
Poisoned at airport?
Navalny, a 44-year-old lawyer and anti-corruption campaigner, is among President Vladimir Putin's fiercest critics
On Thursday, he lost consciousness while on a flight to Moscow leading his plane to make an emergency landing in Omsk.
(Below - a video showing Navalny being transported off the plane in Omsk)
⚡Сегодня в аэропорту Омска экстренно сел самолёт S7 из-за того, что у Алексея Навального, который в это время находился на борту, резко ухудшилось самочувствие.
— Штаб Навального в Омске (@teamnavalny_om) August 20, 2020
У него токсическое отравление pic.twitter.com/H5TXd6ZEQs
Aides claim he was poisoned and that something was put in his tea at an airport cafe.
