Hospital doctor: too risky to transport Navalny

chief doctor at hospital where Russian opposition leer Alexei Navalny is currently being treated said on Friday politician was in an "unstable and serious condition".

Navalny, who is one of Russian President Vlimir Putin’s fiercest critics, was mitted to an intensive care unit in a coma in Siberian city of Omsk on Thursday after falling ill on a flight.

His supporters believe he's been poisoned and that Kremlin was behind it.

A plane with German specialists and equipment necessary to transfer Navalny for treatment in Berlin landed at Omsk airport on Friday morning, but doctors at Siberian hospital said his condition was too unstable to transport him.

Speaking at Omsk Ambulance Hospital . 1 where Navalny remains, chief doctor Alexander Murakhovsky said re were "too many risks" in trying to move 44-year-old.

Murakhovsky also said tests h been carried out on of parts of Navalny's skin and clos.

He said y h revealed he h been contact with an "industrial chemistry that is used in plastic cups."

German doctors have since examined Navalny and declared him fit to fly in special medical plane.

Later, deputy chief doctor at hospital said politician would, after all, be allowed to leave for Germany.

He's expected to be flown to Berlin on Saturday morning, Russia’s RIA vosti news ncy reported, citing airport officials.