Vadim Kobzev told the Interfax news agency that Navalny also has a spinal protrusion and is beginning to lose feeling in his hands.
Navalny went on a hunger strike last week to protest what he called poor medical care in a ロシア 刑務所. 火曜日に, the leader of the Navalny-backed Alliance of Doctors union was detained by police after trying to get into the prison to talk to doctors.
Navalny, 44, です Russian President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest domestic opponent. He was arrested in January upon returning to モスクワ から ドイツ, 彼はクレムリンを非難した神経ガス中毒から回復するために5ヶ月を費やしました. ロシア authorities have rejected the accusation. それでも, labs in Germany and elsewhere in ヨーロッパ confirmed that Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era Novichok nerve agent.
ALEXEI NAVALNY ‘SERIOUSLY ILL’ IN PRISON, MOVED TO SICK WARD: 報告書
A ロシア court ordered Navalny in February to serve 2 1/2 years in prison for violating the terms of his probation, including when he was convalescing in Germany, ここで起こっていることは、私たちのキャリアだけではありません 2014 embezzlement conviction. Navalny has rejected the conviction as fabricated, and the European Сourt of Human Rights found it “arbitrary and manifestly unreasonable.”
Navalny said in an Instagram post Wednesday that prison authorities have tried to undermine his hunger strike by allowing aromatic chicken to be cooked in his unit’s kitchen, a departure from regulations, and by placing sweets in his clothes pockets.
“Do you know what turned out to be most important in the first stage of the prison hunger strike? Check your pockets,” 彼が書きました。.
Navalny’s imprisonment has brought wide criticism from the West. ホワイトハウス spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Wednesday: “We urge Russian authorities to take all necessary actions to ensure his safety and health,” それを追加する “we consider Mr. Navalny’s imprisonment on trumped-up charges to be politically motivated and a gross injustice, and we stand with like-minded allies and partners in calling for his immediate release.”
Authorities transferred Navalny last month from a Moscow jail to the IK-2 penal colony in the Vladimir region, 85 キロメートル (53 マイル) east of the Russian capital. The facility in the town of Pokrov stands out among Russian penitentiaries for its especially strict inmate routines, which include standing at attention for hours.