Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has vowed to continue a hunger strike despite suffering from a heavy cough and fever as he claimed inmates in his Russian prison ward were being treated in hospital for tuberculosis. Vladimir Putin‘s biggest opponent, 44, has vowed to continue a hunger strike he launched last week demanding adequate medical treatment … Read more
The Kremlin today launched a propaganda offensive against Alexei Navalny as it broadcast footage of him in jail and dispatched a former spy turned RT reporter to expose his ‘lies.’ The CCTV footage shows Navalny, his head shaven, walking around with a cup of tea and ‘arguing’ with a guard at Pokrov penitentiary on March 26. … Read more
Pro-Kremlin TV station airs video claiming to show Putin-foe Alexei Navalny walking around in jail in a bid to expose his ‘lies’ about needing urgent medical attention Navalny went on hunger strike this week and claims guards deprive him of sleep Opposition leader says he’s been refused a doctor’s visit for acute leg, back pain … Read more
Alexei Navalny goes on hunger strike in protest over his jail conditions days after claiming he was reprimanded for ‘waking up ten minutes too early’ and ‘wearing a T-shirt’ Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, 44, has announced he is on a hunger strike A post on his Instagram account showed a handwritten letter from Navalny … Read more
Tens of thousands of Russians register to protest for the release of Putin foe Alexei Navalny hours after allies called for mass street demonstrations Alexei Navalny’s allies asked Russians to sign up to protest on an interactive map They will set a date when the number of people registered exceeds 500,000 Navalny is serving a … Read more
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has revealed he has a ‘freshly shaven head’ in a message from a prison colony in Russia which he likened to a ‘concentration camp’. Surfacing for the first time since he was moved to the penal colony 60 miles from Moscow, Navalny described hellish conditions at the camp where he claims … Read more
Jailed Putin critic Alexei Navalny reveals his ‘freshly shaven head’ as he likens his Russian penal colony to a ‘concentration camp’ and says inmates are even banned from swearing Navalny says he is woken every hour at night by guards at Russian prison camp He was taken to the penal colony after conviction for flouting … Read more
Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny must serve his sentence in a penal facility where ‘torture-like’ conditions are so horrific inmates have severely injured themselves to avoid being sent there, a former prisoner has claimed. Navalny, a prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, was jailed this month over alleged parole violations related to an embezzlement … Read more
Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been moved to an undisclosed detention centre outside Moscow that may be a prison camp, his lawyer and a member of a rights organisation said today. Navalny, a prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, was jailed this month over alleged parole violations related to an embezzlement case he … Read more
Amnesty International chiefs have admitted undermining Alexei Navalny by stripping him of his ‘prisoner of conscience’ status during a prank call by Russian pranksters. Pro-Kremlin jokers Vovan and Lexus pretended to be Mr Navalny’s campaigns chief Leonid Volkov while remonstrating with Amnesty’s Acting Secretary General of Julie Verhaar. Mr Navalny, who was locked up last … Read more