MOSCOW: Russian opposition chief Alexei Navalny has suffered again pains and leg issues in jail, his lawyer mentioned Thursday.
The lawyer, Olga Mikhailova, mentioned Navalny’s situation has notably deteriorated in latest days.
“He is struggling robust pains in his again and his proper leg. He is feeling numbness in his proper decrease leg,” Mikhailova mentioned outdoors the jail in remarks carried by impartial Dozhd TV. “His proper leg is in horrible form.”
The 44-year-old Navalny, who’s President Vladimir Putin’s most outspoken opponent, was arrested on Jan. 17 upon his return from Germany, the place he spent 5 months recovering from a nerve-agent poisoning that he blames on the Kremlin. Russian authorities have rejected the accusation.
Mikhailova mentioned Navalny was taken to a hospital outdoors jail on Wednesday for magnetic resonance tomography however wasn’t given the outcomes. She mentioned Navalny has obtained capsules and ointment for his ache, however jail authorities refused to just accept medicines that attorneys delivered to him.
Mikhailova mentioned Navalny had skilled again ache for 4 weeks, however jail officers additionally wouldn’t allow a go to by his physician. The lawyer argued that authorities ought to switch Navalny to Moscow so he might get higher therapy.
Earlier this month, Navalny was moved to a jail colony in Pokrov within the Vladimir area, 85 kilometers (53 miles) east of Moscow. The ability stands out amongst Russian penitentiaries for its significantly strict regime that features routines like standing at consideration for hours.
Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service mentioned earlier Thursday that Navalny had undergone medical check-ups the day before today, describing his situation as “steady and passable.”
Final month, Navalny was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in jail for violating the phrases of his probation whereas convalescing in Germany. The sentence stems from a 2014 embezzlement conviction that Navalny has rejected as fabricated — and which the European Сourt of Human Rights has dominated to be illegal.
Russian officers have rejected calls for from the US and the European Union to free Navalny and cease the crackdown on his supporters.
