Alexei Navalny – the risks of baiting the Russian bear

 
Alexei Navalny, Putin’s most prominent political opponent is in a coma in Siberia having fallen ill on a plane, caused it is thought from drinking a poisoned cup of tea at the airport. He claims he was poisoned last year, and three years ago a chemical attack left him partially blind in one eye. His brother is in prison, he says on trumped up charges. And three other activists close to him have also been poisoned by unknown toxic substances which in one case removed the ability to