MOSCOW – Russia’s state prison service said on Monday it had decided to transfer Russian detainee opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in the third week of a hunger strike, to a hospital.
The announcement comes two days after Navalny’s doctor said his health was deteriorating rapidly and the 44-year-old Kremlin critic could be on the verge of death.
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The State Prison Service, FSIN, said in a statement that Navalny would be transferred to a hospital for detainees in another penal colony in Vladimir, a city 180 kilometers east of Moscow. According to the statement, Navalny’s condition was considered ‘satisfactory’ and he agreed to take vitamin supplements.
The Russian civil service said on Monday that it had decided to transfer the imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in the third week of a hunger strike, to a hospital. (Moscow City Court via AP)
Navalny’s doctor, Yaroslav Ashikhmin, said on Saturday that the test results he had received from Navalny’s family showed that he had very high potassium levels, which could cause cardiac arrest, and elevated creatinine levels, which indicated weakened kidneys.
Navalny went on hunger strike to refuse to visit his doctors when he began to experience severe back pain and a loss of feeling in his legs. The Russian civil service said Navalny was receiving all the medical help he needed.
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In response to the worrying news about Navalny’s health over the weekend, his allies called for a nationwide rally on Wednesday, the same day that President Vladimir Putin will deliver his annual state of the nation address.