German Chancellor Angela Merkel met privately with Russian anti-corruption activist Alexey Navalny while he was hospitalized in Berlin. Their meeting was kept secret until it was leaked by Der Spiegel news magazine on Sunday.
The publication reported that Merkel called to see Navalny after he woke up from a coma – an overture from the leader that it called an “unusual gesture.” It had previously been made known that the opposition figure and Moscow protests leader was to be considered a “guest of the Chancellor” during his stay in Germany.
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