Navalny’s health is deteriorating fast as EU urged to step in
A letter sent to heads of all 27 EU countries said the Kremlin critic has spinal problems with numbness in both legs
16 April 2021 - 12:34
Brussels — The EU must pressure Moscow to allow Alexei Navalny to have access to his doctor, allies of the hunger-striking Kremlin critic wrote in a letter sent this week to EU foreign ministers.
Navalny, a prominent opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, announced a hunger strike at the end of March in protest at what he said was the refusal of prison authorities to treat him properly for acute back and leg pain...
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