An ambulance carrying gravely ill Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny arrived at Berlin's Charite hospital on Saturday, shortly after a plane that carried him from Russia landed at one of the German capital's airports.

Mr Navalny, Russia’s most outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin, was hospitalised on Thursday and remained unconscious after suddenly falling ill during a flight to Moscow from Siberia.

His wife Yulia personally appealed to Mr Putin to allow him to travel after doctors refused her request for most of the day, saying his condition was unstable, before reversing their decision.

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