Once again, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top opponent is believed to have been poisoned. There’s a track record of Putin opponents suffering mysterious death or illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nAlexei Navalny, Russia\u2019s most prominent opposition politician, has been grappling with severe stomach pain in jail that could be the result of slow-acting poison, a close ally said on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ruslan Shaveddinov said an ambulance was called last week to the maximum security IK-6 penal colony at Melekhovo, about 155 miles (250km) east of Moscow, where he is being held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHis situation is critical, we are all very concerned,\u201d Shaveddinov told the Guardian in a phone interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe understand that the situation must have been very bad if an ambulance was called,\u201d he said, adding that prison authorities refused to have Navalny admitted to hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There had been no update on Navalny\u2019s health condition since the ambulance arrived, Shaveddinov said, because \u201cthe prison authorities are doing everything possible to isolate him\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Navalny communicates with the outside world through his lawyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 46-year-old is serving\u00a0sentences totalling 11-and-a-half years<\/a>\u00a0on charges including fraud and contempt of court, which human rights groups say were made up to silence him. . . . <\/p>\nTHE GUARDIAN<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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