Putin Critic Navalny Has Come out of Coma, Berlin Hospital Says

Putin Critic Navalny Has Come out of Coma, Berlin Hospital Says
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny attends a protest in Moscow, on July 20, 2019. Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo
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BERLIN—Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been removed from a medically induced coma and is responding to speech, Berlin’s Charite hospital said on Monday.

The hospital, which has been treating Navalny since he was airlifted to Germany after falling ill on a Russian domestic flight last month, said his condition has improved and he is being weaned off mechanical ventilation.