Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Is Ending His Hunger Strike
3 years, 8 months ago

Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Is Ending His Hunger Strike

NPR  

Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Is Ending His Hunger Strike ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Alexei Navalny's 24-day hunger strike is over. KIM: "Even though he's been denied platforms like his YouTube channel," she says, "Navalny continues to drive Russia's political agenda." Still, more than three weeks of a hunger strike have depleted his strength, and Navalny's own doctors are now calling for him to be transferred to a hospital in Moscow for treatment. One of Navalny's closest aides, Lyubov Sobol, went on a month-long hunger strike herself two years ago.

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Protests, poisoning and prison: The life and death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Protests, poisoning and prison: The life and death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny

Associated Press  

Follow the latest updates on this story. December 2015 — Navalny’s Foundation for Fighting Corruption releases its first long-form video — a YouTube documentary called “Chaika,” which means “seagull” in Russian but is also the last name of then-Prosecutor General Yury Chaika. February 2016 — The European Court of Human Rights rules that Russia violated Navalny’s right to a fair …

Alexey Navalny timeline: From poisoning to prison to death
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Alexey Navalny timeline: From poisoning to prison to death

Al Jazeera  

The Kremlin’s most prominent critic dies after collapsing and losing consciousness at a penal colony north of the Arctic Circle, prison authorities say. September 17, 2020 – Navalny’s aides say they have discovered Novichok traces on a bottle taken from the hotel in Siberia where he stayed before falling ill. September 21, 2020 – Navalny says Western laboratories have found …

Russia: Life of Alexei Navalny, Kremlin’s biggest foe
1 year, 6 months ago

Russia: Life of Alexei Navalny, Kremlin’s biggest foe

Live Mint  

London: In a span of a decade, Alexei Navalny has gone from the Kremlin’s biggest foe to Russia’s most prominent political prisoner. December 2015 — Navalny's Foundation for Fighting Corruption releases its first long-form video — a YouTube documentary called “Chaika,” which means “seagull” in Russian but is also the last name of then-Prosecutor General Yury Chaika. February 2016 — …

Russian authorities suspend operation of Navalny’s offices
3 years, 8 months ago

Russian authorities suspend operation of Navalny’s offices

Al Jazeera  

Moscow dials up pressure on the jailed Kremlin critic’s movement, prompting condemnation from Germany. The move on Monday came as a court in the Russian capital met for a preliminary hearing to consider a prosecutor’s request to label Navalny’s foundation and its regional offshoots as “extremist”. But Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith, reporting from Moscow, said Navalny’s allies had also already …

Kremlin Critic Navalny Says He Will End Prison Hunger Strike
3 years, 8 months ago

Kremlin Critic Navalny Says He Will End Prison Hunger Strike

NPR  

Kremlin Critic Navalny Says He Will End Prison Hunger Strike Enlarge this image toggle caption Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Russian jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Friday he is calling off a more than three-week prison hunger strike that doctors say left him near death. Navalny, a fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin who began refusing food on March …

Russia's Navalny ends hunger strike in jail after winning visit from a doctor
3 years, 8 months ago

Russia's Navalny ends hunger strike in jail after winning visit from a doctor

The Telegraph  

Alexei Navalny, the jailed Russian opposition leader, said Friday that he is ending his hunger strike after doctors warned him that his life was in danger. Mr Navalny, who has been in custody since January, went on hunger strike more than three weeks ago after the prison administration refused to let him see civilian doctors. Mr Navalny in a message …

Putin foe Navalny sent to prison hospital amid hunger strike
3 years, 8 months ago

Putin foe Navalny sent to prison hospital amid hunger strike

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in the third week of a hunger strike while behind bars, was moved to a hospital in another prison after his doctor said he could be near death, his lawyer said Monday. Therefore, we couldn’t discuss anything, apart from what has happened to him.” The prison service statement said Navalny’s condition …

As Western powers raise alarm, Navalny transferred to hospital
3 years, 8 months ago

As Western powers raise alarm, Navalny transferred to hospital

Al Jazeera  

The move comes after Navalny’s physician warned the 44-year-old could be on the verge of death in jail due to his rapidly deteriorating health. ‘Deeply worried’ The reports of Navalny’s worsening condition have prompted alarm in Europe and the United States, with growing calls for Russian authorities to grant him immediate access to medical treatment. Josep Borrell, the European Union’s …

Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny ‘could die at any moment’: Doctor
3 years, 8 months ago

Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny ‘could die at any moment’: Doctor

Al Jazeera  

Doctor says jailed Russian opposition leader at risk of cardiac arrest, kidneys impaired after weeks on hunger strike. A doctor for imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who is in the third week of a hunger strike, has said his health is deteriorating rapidly and the 44-year-old Kremlin critic could be on the verge of death. Physician Yaroslav Ashikhmin said …

Navalny Says Continuing Hunger Strike Despite Cough, Fever
3 years, 9 months ago

Navalny Says Continuing Hunger Strike Despite Cough, Fever

News 18  

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Monday said he was suffering from a heavy cough and fever but would continue a hunger strike he launched last week demanding adequate medical treatment. “I am quoting the official data from today’s temperature measurement: ‘Navalny A.A., strong cough, temperature 38.1’,” he wrote, referring to degrees Celsius, or 100.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Later the pro-Kremlin …

Alexei Navalny, a staunch critic of Vladimir Putin, announces hunger strike to protest Russian prison treatment
3 years, 9 months ago

Alexei Navalny, a staunch critic of Vladimir Putin, announces hunger strike to protest Russian prison treatment

ABC  

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny says he has started a hunger strike to protest the failure of authorities to provide proper treatment for his back and leg pains. Key points: Alexei Navalny was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for violating the terms of his probation He was arrested in January upon his return from Germany, where he spent months …

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny announces hunger strike
3 years, 9 months ago

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny announces hunger strike

Al Jazeera  

In a statement posted on his Instagram account, Navalny says he declared a hunger strike over a lack of medical care. Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny has declared a hunger strike to protest against prison officials’ failure to provide him with medical for what he said was acute pain in his back and both legs. In his statement posted on …

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