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 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?

Guest: Edward Lucas, Times columnist.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: The Sun, DW News, BBC.

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Putin, Navalny and yet another novichok poisoning