Imprisoned leading Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny said on Friday he would gradually end a hunger strike he started on March 31.
The 44-year-old said in an Instagram post he was ending the strike after getting medical attention and being warned by non-prison doctors that continuing it would be life-threatening. He said it would take 24 days to get completely back to normal eating
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Alexei Navalny: Russian opposition leader ends hunger strike | News | DW | 23.04.2021
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4/18/21
US- Russian Relations: Russia will face 'consequences' if Navalny dies
The US has warned Russia there will be "consequences" if the opposition activist Alexei Navalny dies in jail.
The UK, France, Germany and the European Union have also expressed their concern over his treatment.
Navalny's doctors say he "will die within the next few days" if not given urgent medical attention for acute back pain and leg numbness.
Read more at: Russia will face 'consequences' if Navalny dies - US - BBC News
The UK, France, Germany and the European Union have also expressed their concern over his treatment.
Navalny's doctors say he "will die within the next few days" if not given urgent medical attention for acute back pain and leg numbness.
Read more at: Russia will face 'consequences' if Navalny dies - US - BBC News
2/9/21
EU-'Russia Relations Sour: Merciless' Russia may face new sanctions, EU says - by Robin Emmott
The European Union’s top diplomat warned Moscow on Tuesday it could face new sanctions over the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, describing the government of President Vladimir Putin as “merciless”, authoritarian and afraid of democracy.
Josep Borrell said his visit last Friday to Moscow had cemented his view that Russia wanted to break away from Europe and divide the West, in a speech marking the EU’s harshest criticism of Moscow since Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea.
“The Russian government is going down a worrisome authoritarian route,” said Borrell, who pleaded for Navalny’s release in Moscow and sought in vain to visit him in prison.
Read more at: 'Merciless' Russia may face new sanctions, EU says | Reuters
Josep Borrell said his visit last Friday to Moscow had cemented his view that Russia wanted to break away from Europe and divide the West, in a speech marking the EU’s harshest criticism of Moscow since Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea.
“The Russian government is going down a worrisome authoritarian route,” said Borrell, who pleaded for Navalny’s release in Moscow and sought in vain to visit him in prison.
Read more at: 'Merciless' Russia may face new sanctions, EU says | Reuters
2/3/21
EU urged to get tough on Russia over Navalny case and protest crackdown
The European Union is under pressure to take a tough line with Russia when its foreign policy chief meets officials in Moscow amid international outcry over the jailing of the country’s opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
Josep Borrell says he will raise Mr Navalny’s case with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday, when he also plans to meet members of civil society groups that are being targeted by an increasingly authoritarian Kremlin.
After a series of failed attempts to “reset” relations with Moscow, the EU faces calls to adopt a stronger stance with Russian president Vladimir Putin, but member states disagree over how to sway the country’s ruler of 20 years.
Read more at: EU urged to get tough on Russia over Navalny case and protest crackdown
Josep Borrell says he will raise Mr Navalny’s case with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday, when he also plans to meet members of civil society groups that are being targeted by an increasingly authoritarian Kremlin.
After a series of failed attempts to “reset” relations with Moscow, the EU faces calls to adopt a stronger stance with Russian president Vladimir Putin, but member states disagree over how to sway the country’s ruler of 20 years.
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1/25/21
EU - Russia Relations: holds off on fresh sanctions over Russia′s arrest of Navalny
European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday decided to hold off on slapping new sanctions on Moscow in response to the arrest of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
The talks came two days after a police crackdown on Navalny's supporters in which more than 3,500 people were detained during demonstrations that attracted tens of thousands of people.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the bloc's 27 members had condemned the mass arrests and agreed that Navalny's detention was "completely unacceptable." But ministers ultimately decided imposing fresh sanctions was "premature," according to one diplomat cited by AFP.
Read more at: EU holds off on fresh sanctions over Russia′s arrest of Navalny | News | DW | 25.01.2021
The talks came two days after a police crackdown on Navalny's supporters in which more than 3,500 people were detained during demonstrations that attracted tens of thousands of people.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the bloc's 27 members had condemned the mass arrests and agreed that Navalny's detention was "completely unacceptable." But ministers ultimately decided imposing fresh sanctions was "premature," according to one diplomat cited by AFP.
Read more at: EU holds off on fresh sanctions over Russia′s arrest of Navalny | News | DW | 25.01.2021
1/18/21
Russia: Alexei Navalny: Poisoned Putin critic Navalny detained for 30 days
Russia's most prominent opposition figure has been arrested and detained for 30 days, after returning to Moscow for the first time since he was poisoned last year.
Mr Navalny, 44, said a court ruling from a police station was a mockery, urging people to stage street protests.
Mr Navalny has described the embezzlement charges as politically motivated.
US and European leaders have led calls for his release.
Mr Navalny was almost killed in an attack involving the nerve agent Novichok last August, which he blamed on the Kremlin. Moscow has denied involvement. The opposition politician's allegations have however been backed up by reports from investigative journalists.
Read more at: Alexei Navalny: Poisoned Putin critic Navalny detained for 30 days - BBC News
Mr Navalny, 44, said a court ruling from a police station was a mockery, urging people to stage street protests.
Mr Navalny has described the embezzlement charges as politically motivated.
US and European leaders have led calls for his release.
Mr Navalny was almost killed in an attack involving the nerve agent Novichok last August, which he blamed on the Kremlin. Moscow has denied involvement. The opposition politician's allegations have however been backed up by reports from investigative journalists.
Read more at: Alexei Navalny: Poisoned Putin critic Navalny detained for 30 days - BBC News
1/17/21
EU-Russia Relations: Can EU keep Navalny safe as he 'defies' Putin? - by Andrew Rettman
EU diplomacy might help keep Russian opposition hero Alexei Navalny safe when he "defies" Russian president Vladimir Putin by going home this weekend.
"I think it's unlikely he [Navalny] would be arrested at the airport, but I wouldn't be surprised if he was," Vladimir Ashurkov, a Russian émigré living in London who is a close associate of Navalny's, told EUobserver on Thursday (14 January).
Russia has already prepared two warrants for Navalny's arrest on bogus charges - parole violation and embezzlement, Ashurkov said.
"If they tried before, there's nothing to stop them from doing it in the future," Ashurkov also said on the risk to Navalny's life, after Putin's spy service, the FSB, poisoned Navalny last year.
Read more at: Can EU keep Navalny safe as he 'defies' Putin?
"I think it's unlikely he [Navalny] would be arrested at the airport, but I wouldn't be surprised if he was," Vladimir Ashurkov, a Russian émigré living in London who is a close associate of Navalny's, told EUobserver on Thursday (14 January).
Russia has already prepared two warrants for Navalny's arrest on bogus charges - parole violation and embezzlement, Ashurkov said.
"If they tried before, there's nothing to stop them from doing it in the future," Ashurkov also said on the risk to Navalny's life, after Putin's spy service, the FSB, poisoned Navalny last year.
Read more at: Can EU keep Navalny safe as he 'defies' Putin?
12/28/20
Russia gives Kremlin critic Navalny an ultimatum: Return immediately or face jail
Russia’s prison service on Monday gave Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny a last minute ultimatum: Fly back from Germany at once and report at a Moscow office early on Tuesday morning, or be jailed if you return after that deadline.
Read more at: Russia gives Kremlin critic Navalny an ultimatum: Return immediately or face jail | Reuters
Read more at: Russia gives Kremlin critic Navalny an ultimatum: Return immediately or face jail | Reuters
9/7/20
Germany: Poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny responsive after being taken out of medically induced coma
Poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's condition has improved, allowing doctors to take him out of an induced coma, the German hospital treating him said Monday.
Navalny, a fierce, high-profile critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was flown to Germany last month after falling ill on an Aug. 20 domestic flight in Russia. German chemical weapons experts say tests show the 44-year-old was poisoned with a Soviet-era nerve agent, prompting the German government last week to demand that Russia investigate the case.
"The patient has been removed from his medically induced coma and is being weaned off mechanical ventilation," Berlin's Charite hospital said in a statement. "He is responding to verbal stimuli. It remains too early to gauge the potential long-term effects of his severe poisoning."
The hospital said the decision to publicly release details of his condition was made in consultation with Navalny'swife, Yulia Navalnaya.
News of his gradual recovery came as German Chancellor Angela Merkel's office indicated that she might be willing to rethink the fate of a controversial German-Russian gas pipeline project — a sign of Berlin's growing frustration over Moscow's stonewalling about the case.
German authorities said last week that tests showed "proof without doubt" that Navalny was poisoned with a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok group.
Note EU-Digest: the US Trump administration still has not confirmed that Mr. Navalny was poisoned.
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Poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny responsive after being taken out of medically induced coma | CBC News
Navalny, a fierce, high-profile critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was flown to Germany last month after falling ill on an Aug. 20 domestic flight in Russia. German chemical weapons experts say tests show the 44-year-old was poisoned with a Soviet-era nerve agent, prompting the German government last week to demand that Russia investigate the case.
"The patient has been removed from his medically induced coma and is being weaned off mechanical ventilation," Berlin's Charite hospital said in a statement. "He is responding to verbal stimuli. It remains too early to gauge the potential long-term effects of his severe poisoning."
The hospital said the decision to publicly release details of his condition was made in consultation with Navalny'swife, Yulia Navalnaya.
News of his gradual recovery came as German Chancellor Angela Merkel's office indicated that she might be willing to rethink the fate of a controversial German-Russian gas pipeline project — a sign of Berlin's growing frustration over Moscow's stonewalling about the case.
German authorities said last week that tests showed "proof without doubt" that Navalny was poisoned with a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok group.
Note EU-Digest: the US Trump administration still has not confirmed that Mr. Navalny was poisoned.
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Poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny responsive after being taken out of medically induced coma | CBC News
8/25/20
Germany: Berlin hospital says Alexei Navalny was likely poisoned
Berlin Charite hospital said in a statement on Monday that its data
indicated Alexei Navalny was probably intoxicated by a substance in the
cholinesterase inhibitors group of chemicals, but that it had not yet
identified a precise substance.
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Berlin hospital says Alexei Navalny was likely poisoned | News | DW | 25.08.2020
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Berlin hospital says Alexei Navalny was likely poisoned | News | DW | 25.08.2020
8/22/20
Germany: Russian dissident Alexei Navalny arrives in Berlin for medical treatment
Navalny is in a coma after a suspected poisoning.
Russia gave permission for the NGO to transfer the 44-year-old to the
German capital from Siberia on Friday. Initially Russian medical
professionals said he was not in a fit state to travel by plane, but
relented when the German doctors declared he could be transported.
Navalny will now be treated in Berlin's Charité hospital. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was among those who pushed for a speedy transfer for Navalny to Germany.
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Russian dissident Alexei Navalny arrives in Berlin for medical treatment | News | DW | 22.08.2020
Navalny will now be treated in Berlin's Charité hospital. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was among those who pushed for a speedy transfer for Navalny to Germany.
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Russian dissident Alexei Navalny arrives in Berlin for medical treatment | News | DW | 22.08.2020
8/21/20
Russia:Putin critic Navalny hospitalized with suspected poisoning
Alexei Navalny, a prominent Russian opposition leader and vocal critic
of Vladimir Putin is in a coma after a suspected poisoning attack.
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Putin critic Navalny hospitalized with suspected poisoning | CBC.ca
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Putin critic Navalny hospitalized with suspected poisoning | CBC.ca
2/8/19
Russia: Trade Union set-up by Navalny to channel Russian discontent into political activism
Could there finally be true democracy in Russia. A labor Union might be the first step/
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