RT News - August 24 2020 (17:00 MSK)

The German government says Russia's prominent opposition activist Alexey Navalny may have been poisoned, echoing many media claims. That's despite Russian doctors saying they could find no trace of toxins in his blood. The Austrian ambassador is summoned to the Russian Foreign ministry in Moscow, after Vienna said it's expelling a Russian official, for breaking the rules of diplomacy. Anti-government rallies - with tens of thousands on the streets of the Belarusian capital - pass peacefully after two weeks of unrest in the country. President Lukashenko expressed 'gratitude' to the military and riot police for maintaining order.