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babylonsister

(170,963 posts)
Mon Apr 19, 2021, 06:35 AM Apr 2021

Alexei Navalny moved to hospital as concerns grown over jailed Putin critic's health

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Alexei Navalny moved to hospital as concerns grown over jailed Putin critic’s health
Mr Navalny is almost three weeks into a hunger strike
Oliver Carroll
Moscow Correspondent


Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been transferred to hospital amid concerns he has become critically ill.

Mr Navalny is now nearly three weeks into a hunger strike he declared in protest at not being allowed access to doctors he trusted. Over the weekend, Mr Navalny’s press secretary claimed he was a “matter of days away” from death.

The opposition leader, who returned to Russia in January after a near-death scrape with Novichok, has complained of serious problems with his spine and nervous system, likely now exacerbated by the continued hunger strike. .Anastasia Vasilyeva, Mr Navalny’s personal doctor, said blood results released by the prison service already showed evidence of kidney failure. The elevated levels of potassium and creatinine had created a “medical emergency,” she claimed.

“They show renal failure and that heart problems could follow — from ventricular fibrillation right up to cardiac arrest.”


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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/alexei-navalny-hospital-health-update-b1833679.html
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Alexei Navalny moved to hospital as concerns grown over jailed Putin critic's health (Original Post) babylonsister Apr 2021 OP
I still don't understand why Navalny went back to Russia if it was only to die Pachamama Apr 2021 #1
His principles, I imagine. babylonsister Apr 2021 #2
I don't disagree Pachamama Apr 2021 #3
Russia is his country and he loves it. 11 Bravo Apr 2021 #4

Pachamama

(16,875 posts)
1. I still don't understand why Navalny went back to Russia if it was only to die
Mon Apr 19, 2021, 12:20 PM
Apr 2021

Perhaps someone can explain this and what good will come from his dying. His kids will be without a father. His wife without a husband. His friends without a friend. His supporters without someone to follow. Putin without a threat.

babylonsister

(170,963 posts)
2. His principles, I imagine.
Mon Apr 19, 2021, 01:08 PM
Apr 2021

Maybe he just didn't want to give up on slaying Putin, though we all know that was never going to be a fair fight.

And his fellow countrymen and women who see him as an icon.

Pachamama

(16,875 posts)
3. I don't disagree
Mon Apr 19, 2021, 01:25 PM
Apr 2021

But he has more purpose and can accomplish more alive than dead and it just made no sense to me when he left Germany to return to Russia and have it be a death sentence.

11 Bravo

(23,922 posts)
4. Russia is his country and he loves it.
Mon Apr 19, 2021, 03:41 PM
Apr 2021

I would not presume to try to climb inside the mind of a man willing to martyr himself, but it is not an unknown phenomenon.

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