(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 05 - Alexei Navalny was transferred from prison to a prison medical facility because he suffers from "breathing difficulties", after the dissident declared that he suffers from cough and fever and that at least 15 other inmates are under treatment for tuberculosis .
The Russian journal Izvestia writes, also quoted by other media, which adds that Navalny was also subjected to a swab to check for a possible Covid-19 infection.
The Izvestia cites a statement from the penal colony in which it siparla of "symptoms of a respiratory disease, including fever".
The 44-year-old opposition leader, who is still on hunger strike as a protest, is in a penal colony in the Vladimir region after he was sentenced to two and a half years in February for violating the terms of his bail. he had fled to Berlin, after Novichok poisoning, when he should have presented himself to the judge, as he was still serving an old sentence of 2014 for some alleged wrongdoing, which he disputes - and the European Court of Rights proved him right - as a lie.
He was arrested the moment he set foot ashore in Moscow on his way back from Berlin in January.
In recent times, he has denounced psychological torture in incarceration, such as systematic sleep deprivation by guardians, substantial weight loss (at least 8 kilos) and pain in the back and legs, which he attributes to the harsh conditions of detention and the lack of real medical care.
Today yet another message from Sos: "I have 38 of fever etoxisco, in my detention team there are three dituberculosis patients out of 15 people, or 20% of inmates", he wrote on Instagram.
"Of course, I continue the hunger strike, to see my right to be visited by my trusted doctors respected," he added.
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