Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is “seriously ill” at the penal colony where he’s been locked up and was recently transferred to the prison’s sick ward to be treated for a respiratory illness, reports said Tuesday.
The longtime Vladimir Putin critic, who’d already been struggling with his health, said in a Monday note that he was coughing and had a fever of 100.6F, the Guardian reported.
Navalny has reportedly been tested for COVID-19 but it’s not clear if the results have come back or if he tested positive.
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However, several prisoners from his ward have previously been treated for tuberculosis, the oppositionist said.
Olga Mikhailova, a lawyer for Navalny, told the Echo of Moscow radio station a member of Navalny’s legal team visited him on Tuesday and he was “in rather bad condition.”
Navalny has described the prison as a “genuine concentration camp.”Sputnik via AP
“He has lost a lot of weight, plus he has a strong cough and
