The health of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is worrying.
Now the Russian opposition politician has been transferred to a prison hospital.
Reactions followed promptly.
Update from April 19, 4.15 p.m.:
Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD) commented
on the state of Kremlin critic Navalny *
after the virtual EU Foreign Council (
see update from April 19, 1.55 p.m.
).
It is "good news (...) that Mr. Navalny now finally seems to be receiving urgently needed medical care," said Maas about his transfer to a hospital.
"Our concern about the physical condition of Mr. Navalny is not diminished by this." Because this is the result of a detention "in which he should not be at all".
Navalny's state of health is currently a major concern internationally.
The EU foreign affairs representative Josep Borrell said this Monday before the ministerial meetings that the EU made Russia "responsible for the health situation of Mr Navalny".
Germany and the EU are doing everything in their power to improve Navalny's health situation, Maas said when asked whether Germany would be ready to accept Navalny again for treatment.
"(We) are also talking to Mr. Navalny's team about what this will mean for the future."
Ultimately, the goal is that Navalny be released.
Great concern for Navalny: Kremlin opponents in the hospital - Foreign Minister Maas comments
Update from April 19, 1:55 p.m.:
Heiko Maas now expressed himself in a press statement after the virtual EU Foreign Council.
Navalny was of course the topic today, said the Federal Foreign Minister.
“We are doing everything we can to improve his health.
I don't want to speculate about his death, ”said Maas.
The federal government is also increasingly concerned about Navalny's situation.
"The reports about the apparently rapidly deteriorating state of health of Mr. Nawalny are indeed worrying," said the deputy government spokeswoman Ulrike Demmer in Berlin.
Meanwhile, Moscow has rejected the concerns of Western governments.
"The health of convicts in the Russian Federation cannot and should not be an issue" for these states, said a Kremlin spokesman.
The government does not monitor the health of Russian prisoners.
Great concern for Navalny: Kremlin opponents in the hospital - the doctor sharply criticizes the facility
Update from April 19, 12:45 p.m.:
The condition of Alexej Navalny * is also causing concern within the EU (
see first report
).
According to
information from the
dpa, the
EU foreign ministers are looking for
ways to get Russia to give in to the Ukraine crisis and to deal with the Kremlin critic Alexej Navalny.
The foreign ministers will hold a video conference this Monday (April 19).
The Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will also take part in the course of the day, according to the
dpa
.
The German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas will comment on the meeting at 2 p.m.
Navalny's condition and his transfer to a hospital could be an issue.
Navalny brought to hospital on prison camp grounds: personal doctor criticizes sharply
Meanwhile there is news about the transfer of the Kremlin opponent Navalny to a hospital (
see first report
). The clinic to which the 44-year-old was transferred is a facility on the premises of another prison camp, the prison authorities said, according to
dpa
information in Moscow. According to the authorities, Navalny is also examined every day by a general practitioner. "With the patient's consent, he was prescribed vitamin therapy," the message says. The hospital in the Vladimir region to the east of Moscow specializes in "continuous monitoring" of such patients.
Navalny's personal doctor Anastassija Wassiljewa contradicted the authorities via Twitter.
He was not taken to a hospital, but to another prison camp, where prisoners suffering from tuberculosis could also be treated.
"This is not a hospital at all where they can diagnose treatment for their problems," she wrote.
Great concern for Navalny: Kremlin opponents now transferred to hospital - condition "satisfactory"
First report from April 19, 12.25 p.m.:
Moscow - On Sunday (April 18) there was alarming news about the health of the Russian opposition politician Alexej Navalny *. According to his doctors, the detainee was threatened with cardiac arrest. The day before, on Saturday (April 17), both Navalny's personal doctor Anastasia Wasiljewa and three of her colleagues had requested access to their patient in the prison camp.
More news followed on Monday morning (April 19).
Navalny has now been transferred to a prison hospital.
This was announced by the prison authorities, according to
dpa
information.
The state of health of the opponent was therefore described as "satisfactory".
According to AFP information, Navalny is also said to have agreed to take vitamins.
The authorities communicated this further.
The hospital is located on the site of the penal camp in the small town of Pokrov.
Navalny: Kremlin opponents transferred to prison hospital - Russia threatened with force-feeding
Navalny has been on hunger strike for more than two and a half weeks *.
The 44-year-old protested against the conditions in the prison camp.
Since then, there have been increasing reports of his condition worsening.
Apparently, Russia even threatened force-feeding as a result.
Navalny moved to hospital - international politics intervenes
After doctors and friends of the Russian opponents of the Kremlin sounded the alarm, international politics intervened.
Last Sunday, the USA, EU and Germany asked the Russian leadership to give the opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin medical access.
Washington even threatened consequences if Navalny died in custody.
Navalny had survived an assassination attempt with the neurotoxin Novitschok * in Russia in August and had been treated for months in Germany.
He was sentenced to several years in prison in February.
(
nema with dpa / AFP
) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
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