Russian Critic Navalny Says Prison Denying Hospital Care

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said Wednesday that he was being declined access to hospital treatment by jail authorities after
falling sick, in what his team called an underhanded attempt to kill him.Navalny, the most prominent opponent of Russian President Vladimir
Putin, stated he had influenza symptoms including a fever however was being kept in a punishment cell at his maximum-security prison outside
Moscow.He likewise requested throughout a court hearing on Wednesday that it be held off due to the fact that of his health problem
I am not being hospitalized although I requested this, Navalny was priced estimate by his group as saying during the hearing, adding that
prison officials had also refused to offer standard drugs.Navalnys spokeswoman, Kira Yarmysh, told AFP that judges had actually given the
post ponement
For the past 2 years, the 46-year-old has actually been held outside Vladimir, a town around 230 kilometers (145 miles) east of Moscow,
after an embezzlement conviction, among several rulings Navalny has actually denounced as an effort to silence him.An attorney by training,
Navalny has filed a number of suits against penitentiary officials, declaring they have infringed his civil liberties
Earlier today, Navalny stated he was sharing his cell with a flu-stricken man, implicating authorities of using the fellow prisoner as a
biological weapon to contaminate him.Authorities have actually likewise placed a mentally weak person in a neighboring cell who has
actually been howling at night, Navalny said.His partner Yulia Navalnaya accused personnel at the IK-6 prison of torturing him
Are you human? she said in a post on InstagramNavalnys team claimed that the Kremlin wanted Navalny to pass away in prison
Putin is still trying to eliminate Navalny however in a quieter and slower way compared to the Novichok poisoning, the group stated on the
Telegram messaging app.Navalny was poisoned with Novichok, a Soviet-made nerve representative, on a trip to Siberia in 2020
He barely endured, and accused Putin of being behind the attack.In an open letter, numerous Russian doctors urged the authorities to stop
tormenting Navalny and offer him with adequate care
The rejection of representatives of the Federal Penitentiary Service to hand Alexei the required medicines develops a direct hazard to the
life of Russian resident Alexei Navalny, the letter said.U.S
State Department Spokesperson Ned Price tweeted on Wednesday: We echo the concerns of more than 170 Russian doctors who are requiring an
end to the mistreatment of Navalny and for provision of all appropriate healthcare