Russian opponent Alexei Navalny, imprisoned for two years, is sick and left
"without care"
, his lawyer Vadim Kobzev said on Tuesday, denouncing a
"very strange"
situation .
“During the night from Friday to Saturday, an ambulance was called to his cell because of a stomach illness which worsened
,” Vadim Kobzev tweeted about his client's state of health.
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Attempt to "kill" the opponent slowly
He claimed that Alexei Navalny, 46, was suffering from
"an unknown disease for which no one is treating him".
"According to his medical records, in the last fortnight he has lost 8 kg
," he added, adding that the packages containing medicines that Alexei Navalny's mother sent to her son
"are returned to him"
, without being able to receive them.
According to Vadim Kobzev, his client is suffering from
"crises"
and he said
"not to exclude"
an attempt by the authorities to let the health of the political opponent
"deteriorate, not suddenly, but gradually".
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"We will demand toxicological and radiological examinations
," he said.
At the start of the year, Alexeï Navalny had claimed to suffer from flu-like symptoms and to be deprived of satisfactory access to care.
His supporters denounced an attempt by the Kremlin to
"kill"
him slowly.
Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Putin's pet peeve and opponent of the military offensive in Ukraine, was arrested in Russia in January 2021, on his return to the country after suffering serious poisoning which he attributes to the Kremlin.
In March of the same year, he was sentenced to nine years in prison under a
"severe"
regime for charges of
"fraud"
which he considers fictitious.
