Very Weakened, Alexeï Navalny Puts An End To His Hunger Strike

his state of health has aroused fears in the international community for several weeks. Very weakened, Alexeï Navalny announced to have put an end to his hunger strike this Friday. The Russian opponent of the Kremlin had started this hunger strike to denounce his conditions of detention, generating concerns for his state of health and Russian-Western tensions.

The day before, doctors close to Alexeï Navalny, including his personal doctor, had urged him to stop “immediately” his hunger strike, saying they feared his death or “considerable damage” to his health if he continued. “I’m starting to end my hunger strike,” the 44-year-old opponent wrote in a post on his Instagram account.

His state of health has deteriorated sharply

Alexeï Navalny had stopped eating on March 31 to protest against his conditions of detention, accusing the prison administration of depriving him of access to a doctor while he suffered from a double herniated disc, according to his lawyers. Vladimir Putin’s most famous opponent also complained, before his hunger strike, of a loss of sensitivity in his legs, a consequence of the poisoning he suffered last summer and of which he accuses the Kremlin.

According to his ally Leonid Volkov, Alexeï Navalny was finally able to be examined this week in a civilian hospital and his medical file was transmitted to his doctors. “The doctors, in whom I fully believe, announced yesterday that we had achieved enough for me to end my hunger strike,” the inmate wrote on Instagram. He added, “Thanks to the tremendous support of good people across the country and abroad, we have made great strides. Two months ago, people laughed at my requests for medical assistance, I was not given any medication. ”