“Navalny’s situation is very worrying. I received a letter from his team, we are very worried about his health conditions ». This was stated by the High Representative for Foreign Policy of the European Union, Josep Borrell, before the informal videoconference of foreign ministers, referring to the leader of the Russian opposition Alexei Navalny, held in prison in Russia. Navalny’s staff have been reporting his deteriorating health conditions for weeks. We “asked the Russian authorities to provide him with the care he needs”, because they “are responsible for his safety. I went to Russia to discuss it, we were not heard, now the situation has worsened. We hold the Russian authorities responsible for Navalny’s health, ”he added.
Critical conditions
Navalny has started a hunger strike as a form of protest over the authorities’ refusal to grant him medical assistance, but among supporters of Vladimir Putin’s main opponent, there is little hope of receiving good news, according to Reuters. “We do not know what happened to him over the weekend because lawyers are not allowed to visit him,” said on the radio Ekho Moskvy, Alexei Navalny Lyobov Sobol’s collaborator, lawyer and activist.
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According to Sobol, “there is not much hope of receiving positive news about Navalny’s health: her condition is close to being critical, it is becoming serious. Twenty days of hunger strike is a long time ».
«We are seriously very worried about Navalny’s health – said Josep Borrel -. I was in Moscow a few weeks ago and I put his case on the table but my request was not heard and now the situation has worsened and we believe that the Russian authorities are responsible for his health “.