“Lawyers and associates of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny fear that Russian authorities may be slowly poisoning him in prison after he suffered acute stomach pains and seizures and lost more than 17 pounds in a recent spell in an isolated ‘punishment’ cell,” the Washington Post reports.
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Trial Balloon · Ep. 192: November Surprises
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