“He eats regularly and has the opportunity to keep in touch with his family,” Kalashnikov said, adding that Navalny’s condition was more or less normal.
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Ivan Zhdanov, director of the Anti-Corruption Fund (FBK), founded by Navalny, confirmed that Navalny was recovering from the hunger strike.
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Navalny, 44, is currently serving a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence for violating the terms of a suspended prison sentence handed down to him in 2014 after receiving treatment in Germany after being poisoned by a war substance belonging to the Novičok group. Navalni believes that the Kremlin is behind his poisoning.
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Navalny observed a hunger strike three weeks earlier, but stopped it in April on the advice of his medics. As a result of the hunger strike, the 1.90-meter-long Navalny fell to 72 kilograms.
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The goal of the Navalny hunger strike was to provide proper medical care and the opportunity to consult with doctors he trusts.
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Navalny Prison is being held in particularly harsh conditions, believing that there is a risk of absconding. Navalny’s lawyers try to challenge this assumption.
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Navalny complained that constant surveillance was like torture, for example, he was filmed and woken up several times at night to prevent him from going to bed.
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Kalashnikov, on the other hand, claimed that in the case of Navalny, the rules had not been violated.
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“We do not want to demoralize him in any way or make his life harder,” Kalashnikov said.
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