West holding back on criticism of Russia over Navalny 'poisoning'

While activist remains in the country, response is unlikely to go overboard

Western leaders have raised concerns" about the suspected poisoning of leading Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, and offered medical help, but mostly avoided direct attacks on Russia as the activist fought for his life in a Siberian hospital.

The most muted response came from the US president, Donald Trump, who barely acknowledged the sudden collapse of Russia's most prominent opposition figure, confirming only that his administration was looking into the events.