Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he has successfully ended his hunger strike and can eat his favourite food of bread again after 46 days Alexei Navalny is serving sentencing in a penal colony for old fraud charges Kremlin critic went on hunger strike to demand proper treatment behind bars He ended strike saying his … Read more
Doctor in charge of treating Putin critic Alexei Navalny after he was poisoned with novichok in Russia VANISHES during hunting trip Dr Alexander Murakhovsky, 49, has not been seen since Friday after vanishing The doctor had overseen Alexei Navalny’s treatment after poisoning claims Another doctor who treated the activist also died in suspicious circumstances By Daily … Read more
Doctor in charge of treating Putin critic Alexei Navalny after he was poisoned with novichok VANISHES during hunting trip – just three months after the intensive care chief at the same hospital died suddenly aged 55 Dr Alexander Murakhovsky, 49, has not been seen since Friday after vanishing The doctor had overseen Alexei Navalny’s treatment after … Read more
A thin-looking Alexei Navalny appeared in public for the first time since he ended his hunger strike. The Russian opposition leader appeared in court via video link on Thursday, telling his wife had eaten ‘five tablespoons of porridge’ as he starts eating food after a three-week hunger strike. The 44-year-old looked skinny in his standard issue … Read more
Leaked footage of Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny in jail apparently shows him doing pull-ups, despite spending the past three weeks on hunger strike. A video, presumably released with official approval, is aimed at countering claims he could die at ‘any minute’. It was spread among pro-Kremlin social media on Friday although it is not clear when … Read more
Alexei Navalny’s doctors have again been denied access to him despite growing concerns over his health as Russian state TV imposed a news blackout on his hunger strike. The jailed Kremlin critic, 44, has been striking since March 31 demanding medical treatment for a litany of ailments and a team of medics including his personal … Read more
Russian politicians have told President Vladimir Putin that he ‘bears personal responsibility for the survival’ of Alexei Navalny as the Kremlin critic’s life ‘hangs by a thread’ in prison. Nearly a dozen lawmakers signed and published an open letter to the Russian leader as doctors warn Navalny’s health is failing amid a hunger strike. Vladimir … Read more
Russian politicians have told President Vladimir Putin that he ‘bears personal responsibility for the life’ of Alexei Navalny as the Kremlin critic’s life ‘hangs by a thread’ in prison. Nearly a dozen lawmakers signed and published an open letter to the Russian leader as doctors warn Navalny’s health is failing amid a hunger strike. Vladimir … Read more
Joe Biden has warned Putin there will be consequences if critic Alexei Navalny is allowed to die in jail as doctors warn his health is failing amid hunger strike. US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday that Biden is weighing up a range of responses if Navalny dies, and that Moscow is aware … Read more
Alexei Navlany’s health is failing and he ‘could die any moment’, the Kremlin critic’s doctor has warned, three weeks into a hunger strike over conditions in Russian jail. Yaroslav Ashikhmin, a doctor acting on behalf of Navalny’s family, said test results received from the Russian penal colony where the activist is being held show potentially … Read more