Putin critic and Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny ‘fainted’ in jail, not heard from in 5 days
- Navalny’s team raised alarm about his health and survival on Friday after the opposition activist was not connected via video as usual during court hearings
- Prison staff put him on a drip after he suffered a dizzy spell and laid down on his cell floor in what looked like a ‘hunger faint’, his spokeswoman said
Aides to imprisoned Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny expressed further fears about the health of the 47-year-old Kremlin critic.
Navalny’s team has been unable to contact him for five days in the Russian prison camp where he is being held. Navalny’s team had raised alarm about his health and survival on Friday after the opposition activist was not connected via video as usual during court hearings.
There is still no news, Navalny’s spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said on Saturday. Navalny’s lawyers have been trying to contact him for five days but have been refused access by Russian authorities.
Yarmysh said prison staff had put him on a drip last week after he suffered a dizzy spell and lay down on the floor of his cell in what she said looked like a “hunger faint”.
“We have learned that last week he had a serious health-related incident. Navalny’s life is at great risk. He is in complete isolation right now,” Maria Pevchikh, chair of Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, posted on social media platform X earlier this week.
