The dictator of Russia tried to kill the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

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World Alert Sept. 7, 9:56 a.m. EDT Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was brought out of an induced coma after poisoning by a nerve agent, Berlin clinic says Navalny, who was poisoned last month with a chemical nerve agent similar to Novichok, was brought out of an induced coma, and his condition has improved, German doctors said Monday. A statement from the Charité clinic in Berlin said he was responding to voices, but it was too early to know the long-term impact of the poisoning. He was poisoned with a nerve agent in the same group as Novichok, which was used to poison former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, England, in 2018. Read more