Jailed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny has been experiencing severe stomach issues in prison, and members of his team fear that he may have been poisoned again.
Navalny lost eight kilograms over the past 15 days in his isolated prison cell, his spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said in a Twitter post on Tuesday. “The lawyer says that an ambulance was called for Alexey Navalny on the night of Friday to Saturday because of an acute stomach pain. No one is treating him and they are not even telling him the diagnosis,” Yarmysh said.
Navalny faces additional challenges in the prison, including threats from fellow inmates, according to Yarmysh and Kobzev, who appealed to the public to help fight for his release. CNN has reached out to Russia’s federal penitentiary service for comment. Navalny is the best-known opposition politician in Russia. Even while behind bars, his Instagram and Twitter accounts keep up his attacks on Russian President Vladimir Putin as he passes notes for his team to post online.
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