Navalny allies await health update for hunger-striking Putin foe

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DEVELOPING: An ally of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Monday she was braced for bad news on the health of the hunger-striking opposition politician when his lawyers see him again, after they were kept away over the weekend.

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said on Monday she was braced for bad news on the health of the hunger-striking opposition politician when his lawyers see him again, after they were kept away over the weekend., started refusing food on March 31 in protest at what he said was the refusal of prison authorities to provide him with adequate medical care for acute leg and back pain.

Navalny's allies said at the weekend his life was hanging by a thread, and announced plans for what they hope will be the largest protests in modern Russian history on Wednesday. European Union foreign ministers are expected to discuss the Navalny case on Monday. Josep Borrell, the bloc's top diplomat, described his situation as"very worrisome" and said Russia must provide treatment.

A regional opposition politician, Lev Shlosberg, said on Facebook that more than 20,000 people had signed an online petition demanding"access for competent doctors to Alexei Navalny and the release of all political prisoners in Russia."

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