Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition leader and anti-corruption activist, fell into a coma after being poisoned. He was held for two days in a Russian hospital, before being released and flown to Germany, where doctors said they thought the poison included cholinester-ase inhibitors, an ingredient in some Russian-made military toxins. Kremlin flacks said perhaps he was suffering from low blood sugar. Germany has offered him asylum.Hundreds of thousands of protesters continued to demand the resignation of Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus's dictator, despite facing arrest and torture. Mr Lukashenko flew by helicopter to a secu-re location and brandished an AK-47 rifle. Western countries have not recognised a rigged election on August 9th that Mr Lukashenko "won".
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