Personal protection of Alexei Navalny is necessary since the Russian opposition politician was possibly the target of a poison attack, a German government spokesman said on Monday.
"Because there is a certain probability of a poison attack, protection is necessary", Steffen Seibert said at a regular news conference.
Navalny, a long-time opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, fell ill on Thursday after what his allies believe was a poisoning and was airlifted to Germany for treatment on Saturday.
Germany says protection of Kremlin critic Navalny is necessary
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Personal protection of Alexei Navalny is necessary since the Russian opposition politician was possibly the target of a poison attack, a German government spokesman said on Monday.
"Because there is a certain probability of a poison attack, protection is necessary", Steffen Seibert said at a regular news conference.
Navalny, a long-time opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, fell ill on Thursday after what his allies believe was a poisoning and was airlifted to Germany for treatment on Saturday.
Kremlin critic Navalny was under police surveillance before falling ill
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