The Navalny 鈥榩oisoning'
With Alexei Navalny in critical condition, what's the future for Russia's opposition?
Alexei Navalny is Russia's best-known anti-corruption campaigner and opposition activist. Today he lies gravely ill in a Berlin hospital. The German doctors treating him say he appears to have been poisoned. Navalny has been a longstanding critic of President Vladimir Putin, and his anti-corruption activities have highlighted the huge asset holdings of Russia鈥檚 political elites. His online activism draws tens of thousands of people to the streets across the country in protest against a range of injustices. So what do we know about what has happened to Mr Navalny and his recent activities? Will his hospitalisation galvanise the opposition? And what of the timing - can the Kremlin afford a backlash now when Russia鈥檚 closest neighbour, Belarus, is gripped by anti-regime protests? Ritula Shah is joined by a panel of expert guests to discuss how events have changed the picture in Russia.
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Yevgenia Albats - Russian investigative journalist
Sir Tony Brenton - former British Ambassador to Russia
Mary Dejevsky - former Times correspondent to Moscow
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Vladimir Milov - opposition politician and Navalny adviser
Sergei Markov - former member of the Duma from President Putin's United Russia party
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Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny takes part in a rally in Moscow. Credit: REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
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