German hospital confirms Putin critic was poisoned, says he remains in coma

A German hospital confirmed Monday that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned, fueling suspicions that the Kremlin may be involved with a murder attempt against him. Alexei Navalny, one of the fiercest critics of President Vladimir Putin’s administration, remains in a medically induced coma, though his condition is not life-threatening, the Charité hospital said in a statement.