Jailed Kremlin Critic Navalny Is in a ‘Bad State,’ Lawyer Says
- Opposition leader’s request for specialist care refused
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Russian police officers guard the entrance to the penal colony where Alexei Navalny is serving a two-and-a-half year prison term in Pokrov on April 6.
Photographer: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images
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Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, on a hunger strike now entering its second week, is in a worsening condition, his lawyer said.
Navalny, who was moved to the prison infirmary with a respiratory infection Monday, is “in a fairly bad state,” Olga Mikhailova told Echo Moskvy radio on Tuesday.