Alexei Navalny ‘is losing all feeling in both hands’ as he keeps up hunger strike

Alexei Navalny ‘is losing all feeling in both hands’ as he keeps up his hunger strike in prison, his lawyers claim Alexei Navalny, 44, has vowed to continue a hunger strike he started last week  The Vladimir Putin opponent is serving two and a half years for embezzlement Lawyers who visited him say he is ‘not … Read more

Putin’s critic Navalny vows to continue hunger strike as TB sweeps through penal colony

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

Video claiming to show the Putin foe Alexei Navalny walking around in jail airs online

The Kremlin today launched a propaganda offensive against Alexei Navalny as it broadcast footage of him in jail and it emerged a former spy turned RT reporter and been sent to see him in prison to expose his ‘lies.’   The CCTV footage shows Navalny, his head shaven, walking around with a cup of tea and … Read more

Footage ‘showing Putin foe Alexei Navalny in jail’ is leaked to strongly pro-Kremlin media

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

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

Alexei Navalny fears he will be sent to ‘torture-like’ solitary confinement after prison reprimands

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has said he could be locked up in solitary confinement after being accused of numerous minor infractions in prison.  Navalny, 44, is serving a two-and-a-half-year sentence for violating his parole in a 2014 fraud case. In a post to Instagram, uploaded via his lawyers, on Monday, Navalny shared the first picture … Read more

Alexei Navalny: Thousands of Russians register to protest for release of Putin’s foe

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

Putin critic Alexei Navalny likens prison to ‘concentration camp’

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

Putin critic Alexei Navalny has been moved to a ‘concentration camp’, lawyer claims

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

‘Torture-like’ conditions at Russian penal colony where Alexei Navalny must serve his sentence

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