Putin, Navalny and yet another novichok poisoning

<p>On August 20th, Russia's most prominent opposition politician was taken ill on a flight after a suspected Novichok poisoning. Alexei Navalny was put into an&nbsp;induced coma and flown to Germany. What does this latest incident mean? And why was Angela Merkel's government keen to take him to Berlin?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Guest:&nbsp;</strong>Edward Lucas, Times columnist.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Host:</strong>&nbsp;Manveen Rana.</p><p><br></p><p>Clips: The Sun, DW News, BBC.</p><p><br></p><p>Additional Music: Mystery Mammal, Daniel Birch and Chris Zabriskie (licensed under Creative Commons).</p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>