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Navalny Moved To Prison Medical Ward For ‘Vitamin Therapy,’ U.S. Warns Of ‘Consequences’ If He Dies In Prison

Charlotte Pence Bond
Navalny Moved To Prison Medical Ward For ‘Vitamin Therapy,’ U.S. Warns Of ‘Consequences’ If He Dies In Prison
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Russian opposition leader and outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Alexei Navalny, was moved to a penal colony medical facility amidst a hunger strike that has lasted for 20 days.

According to reporting by NPR, Russian prison officials said on Monday that Navalny has been transferred to a medical ward at a prison apart from the one where he was being detained. He will go through “vitamin therapy” while there, they said.

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