INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
prisoners and supporters to stage a one-day hunger strike.The Kremlin critics said the protest will be held on Oct
30, which used to be known as the Day of Political Prisoners in the Soviet Union.Already decimated by years of repression, Russia's civil
society has been under an intensified crackdown since President Vladimir Putin launched his assault on Ukraine last year."We call on all
political prisoners and those who want to express their support to join the action and refuse to eat on that day," the jailed opposition
politicians said in a statement on social media.The statement was also signed by three of Navalny's jailed associates: Vadim Ostanin and
Lilia Chanysheva, who headed his local political offices, as well as Daniel Kholodny, the technical director of his YouTube
channel."Russia's authorities are returning to their roots: arrests, repression, closed trials," the jailed activists said."We think it is
right for us to turn to our roots and traditions," they said, urging "political prisoners all of countries" to show solidarity with the
