Putin critic Navalny fights for life, aides suspect poisoning August 20, 2020 at 05:42PM

A fierce critic of President Putin, Alexei Navalny was fighting for his life in a Siberian hospital on Thursday after drinking tea that his allies believe was laced with poison. If confirmed, it would be the latest in a long series of poisonings and suspected poisonings of people who have fallen out with the Kremlin, which denies settling scores with its foes by murdering them.