“Navalny’s health is in danger” |
Volkov says that the opposition leader is not allowed to meet with his family
“Alexey Navalny’s survival is his Vladimir Putin may depend on its value as the subject of future negotiations.
Navalny’s chief aide Leonid Volkov said that the opposition leader’s health is at risk after being imprisoned for an indefinite period.
Speaking during his visit to London, Volkov added that Navalny could not meet his family last week Russia after the isolation decision of the authorities, he is permanently kept in the “8-12 feet” cell.
Only Navalny’s lawyers are allowed to visit his prison colony on weekdays:
“Lawyers are not allowed to meet him. Even when the meeting takes place, they can only talk to him through an opaque glass. In other words, they cannot determine his physical condition.”
An aide to the politician said that Navalny previously felt he enjoyed some degree of protection because he was able to regularly get his message out of prison. Now this is not possible.
Navalny’s lawyers worry that his power will soon run out. At the same time, they fear that it will slowly fall out of the public eye:
“I have to admit that now the situation is very bad because now his contact with the outside world is limited. Navalny’s health is in danger and his physical condition may worsen,” added Volkov.
Navalny’s supporters believed that Putin does not want the opposition leader to die violently in prison because at this time Russia The President will be accused of:
“But before, at least Navalny was watched by the world. It kind of kept him focused and protected. Now he is deprived of it.”
After Navalny was briefly convicted in February 2021 imprisonment was done.
“Sheremetev” when he was returning from Germany to Russia Weather Detained in the port.
Later, the suspended sentence was changed to imprisonment and he was sentenced to 3.5 years of imprisonment.
While flying from Tomsk to Moscow last August weather Russian oppositionist Alexei Navalny, who was poisoned at the port, was taken to Germany.
He was poisoned by a chemical substance Russia He blamed President Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin said it had no role in Navalny’s poisoning.