Navalny case not Kremlinâs purview, says spokesman
Questions on the issue should be addressed to the prosecutorâs office or the Federal Penitentiary Service, Dmitry Peskov said
Alexey Navalny© Moscow City Court Press Office/TASS
MOSCOW, April 22. /TASS/. The case of convicted blogger Alexey Navalny who is currently serving his sentence in a penal colony is not the purview of the Kremlin. Questions on the issue should be addressed to the prosecutor’s office or the Federal Penitentiary Service, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday.
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When asked whether the head of state plans to inquire about why doctors are allegedly not allowed to visit Navalny, Peskov said, This is not an issue that’s on our agenda. I have said that before, and I would like to remind you once again that this is the purview of the Federal Penitentiary Service, he emphasized.
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United Nations human rights experts said Wednesday that jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s life is in “serious danger” and appealed to Moscow to allow Navalny to seek emergency medical treatment in another country.
“We urge the Russian authorities to ensure Mr. Navalny has access to his own doctors and to allow him to be evacuated for urgent medical treatment abroad, as they did in August 2020,” the experts said in a statement.
The 44-year-old Kremlin critic has been detained since January in a high security prison under conditions that may amount to torture, said the experts, who also contend he has been “denied access to adequate medical care.”