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According to his confidante Leonid Volkov, the condition of the Kremlin opponent Alexei Navalny imprisoned in the prison camp has deteriorated significantly.

"Since the end of last week he has been suffering from severe back pain," said Volkov on Wednesday.

The 44-year-old reported that he had symptoms of paralysis in one leg and could no longer occur.

Despite the pain, he only got two tablets in total.

"In all the circumstances known to us, the massive deterioration in his health can only cause extreme concern," said Volkov.

The opposition is the “personal prisoner, the personal hostage of Vladimir Putin;

a dangerous, crazy murderer, "wrote Volkov on Twitter.

Most recently, to the horror of the Kremlin, US President Joe Biden also answered yes to the question of whether he considered the Russian president to be a “killer”.

"Vladimir Putin is personally responsible for the life and health of Alexei Navalny in the torture colony in Pokrov," said Volkov.

The senior staff member of the Navalny team and the wife of the opposition leader, Julia Navalnaya, complained that the prison camp had not let the lawyers in for the first time at an agreed appointment with the politician.

The lawyers Olga Michailowa and Vadim Kobsew had justified the rejection with other measures in the camp.

Volkov said that in this way a stay in the prison hospital could be covered up.

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After an assassination attempt with the neurotoxin Novitschok, Navalny was treated in Germany.

On his return on January 17, he was arrested at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport.

Shortly thereafter, a Moscow court sentenced him to a prison camp.

The reason: During his stay in Germany, he is said to have violated reporting requirements to the Russian authorities in previous criminal proceedings.

His last sentence of around two and a half years is now in the penal colony in Pokrov in the Vladimir region, around 100 kilometers east of Moscow.

Navalny sees the detention as Putin's revenge for surviving the chemical attack.

The EU and the US have imposed sanctions on Russia and demanded the release of Navalny.

EU foreign ministers decide on new sanctions against Russia

Alexei Navalny has to go to a prison camp.

A Moscow court confirmed this over the weekend.

The EU has been calling for the release of the Kremlin critic for weeks in vain.

Now the EU foreign ministers have decided on new sanctions.

Source: WELT / Katharina Kuhnert