Russia May Ban Putin Critic s Network, T-Shirts Could Be Outlawed Too The evidence to be used in the case is itself a state secret. Navalny s attorney has been told he will get access to the file shortly beforehand, according to Navalny ally Ivan Zhdanov.
Updated: April 25, 2021 8:36 am IST
Thousands of protesters across Russia take to the streets to call for Alexei Navalny s release. (File)
Moscow:
A closed-door Moscow court hearing Monday is expected to officially ban the political and anti-corruption networks of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a ruling that would mark the most sweeping attempt to crush the Kremlin s greatest political threat.
Over 1,700 Detained At Rallies In Support Of Kremlin Critic Across Russia Over 1,700 Detained At Rallies In Support Of Kremlin Critic Across Russia Thousands of people took to the streets Wednesday evening to demanded freedom and proper medical attention for Navalny, who has been hunger strike for three weeks in a penal colony outside Moscow.
Opposition supporters attend a rally in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, in Moscow.
Moscow:
More than 1,700 people were detained by police at rallies in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in dozens of cities across Russia, an independent monitor reported on Thursday.
Thousands of people took to the streets Wednesday evening to demanded freedom and proper medical attention for Navalny, who has been hunger strike for three weeks in a penal colony outside Moscow.
Doctors denied access to very weak Alexei Navalny
By: DW
Doctors were prevented from seeing jailed Kremlin-critic Alexei Navalny on Tuesday, as Russian police began cracking down on his supporters on the eve of planned protests.
Navalny s lawyer Olga Mikhailova told reporters that her client had become very weak and it s hard for him to speak and sit up.
Navalny, who is in a prison hospital after being on a hunger strike for the last three weeks, was moved over the weekend from a penal colony near Moscow to a medical unit at a prison in the city of Vladimir, some 180 kilometers (110 miles) east of the capital.
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Published: 20 Apr 2021 08:00 PM BdST
Updated: 20 Apr 2021 08:00 PM BdST Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny attends a hearing to consider an appeal against an earlier court decision to change his suspended sentence to a real prison term, in Moscow, Russia Feb 20, 2021. REUTERS
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who has been on a hunger strike in prison since the end of March, is in a solitary ward at a prison hospital specialising in tuberculosis treatment, one of his lawyers wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. );
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Vadim Kobzev said Navalny had been admitted to hospital on Sunday and given a glucose drip. The United States has warned Moscow of serious repercussions if he should die in jail.
Russia: Doctors denied access to very weak Alexei Navalny
The Kremlin critic s deteriorating health has become so bad it s hard for him to speak and sit up, his lawyer said. Navalny supporters are set to take to the streets on Wednesday to vent their anger over his treatment.
Navalny s life is in danger, his associates have said.
Doctors were prevented from seeing jailed Kremlin-critic Alexei Navalny on Tuesday, as Russian police began cracking down on his supporters on the eve of planned protests.
Navalny s lawyer Olga Mikhailova told reporters that her client had become very weak and it s hard for him to speak and sit up.