Current Events > Jailed Putin critic Alexei Navalny is nearly dead. Heart and kidneys giving up

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ZannoL
04/17/21 10:10:26 PM
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/18/jailed-putin-critic-alexei-navalny-could-die-at-any-minute-doctors-warn

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny risks cardiac arrest at any minute as his health has rapidly deteriorated, doctors warned Saturday, urging immediate access to Russias most famous prisoner.

On 31 March, Vladimir Putins most prominent opponent went on hunger strike to demand proper medical treatment for back pain and numbness in his legs and hands.

On Saturday, Joe Biden added his voice to a growing international chorus of protest at the treatment of the activist, describing his situation as totally unfair.

Navalny, 44, was imprisoned in February and is serving two-and-a-half years on old embezzlement charges in a penal colony in the town of Pokrov about 100km (60 miles) east of Moscow.

Navalnys personal doctor Anastasia Vasilyeva and three more doctors, including cardiologist Yaroslav Ashikhmin, have asked prison officials to grant them immediate access.

Our patient can die any minute, Ashikhmin said on Facebook on Saturday, pointing to the opposition politicians high potassium levels and saying Navalny should be moved to intensive care. Fatal arrhythmia can develop any minute.

Navalny barely survived a poisoning with the novichok nerve agent in August which he has blamed on the Kremlin. His doctors say his hunger strike may have exacerbated his condition.

Having blood potassium levels higher than 6.0 mmol (millimole) per litre usually requires immediate treatment. Navalnys were at 7.1, the doctors said. This means both impaired renal function and that serious heart rhythm problems can happen any minute, said a statement on Vasilyevas Twitter account.

The doctors said he had to be examined immediately taking into account the blood tests and his recent poisoning.

Navalnys spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh, who accompanied him when he collapsed on a plane after the poisoning in August, said the situation was critical again. Alexei is dying, she said on Facebook. With his condition, its a matter of days.

She said she felt like she was on that plane again, only this time its landing in slow motion, pointing out that access to Navalny was restricted and few Russians were aware of what was actually going on with him in prison.

On Saturday, responding to reporters questions about Navalnys plight, Biden responded: Its totally, totally unfair, totally inappropriate.

More than 70 prominent international writers, artists and academics, including Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave and Benedict Cumberbatch, have called on Putin to ensure that Navalny receives proper treatment immediately. Their appeal was published late on Friday by Frances Le Monde newspaper.

Navalnys team had earlier announced plans to stage what they said would be modern Russias biggest protest. Navalnys allies said they would set a date for the protest once 500,000 supporters had registered with a website. As of 22.30pm on Saturday, more than 450,000 people had signed up.

Yarmysh on Saturday urged more Russians to sign up, saying that a big rally could help save Navalnys life. Putin only reacts to mass street protests, she added.
Earlier this week, Navalnys wife, Yulia, who visited him in the penal colony, said her husband now weighed 76kg down 9kg since starting his hunger strike.

On Friday, Russian prosecutors asked a court to label Navalnys Anti-Corruption Foundation and the network of his regional offices extremist organisations in a move that would outlaw them in Russia and could result in jail time for their members.

The darkest times are beginning for free-thinking people, for civil society in Russia, said Leonid Volkov, the head of Navalnys regional offices.



Really sad. The man has a lot of perseverance and has inspired a lot of people to take a stand against corruption. Hopefully he makes it out okay.
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ZannoL
04/17/21 10:16:12 PM
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Any Russian CEMen post here? What are your thoughts?
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Blue_Inigo
04/17/21 10:17:10 PM
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Fuck Putin

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ZannoL
04/17/21 10:18:17 PM
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Blue_Inigo posted...
Fuck Putin

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TheHoldSteady
04/17/21 10:48:12 PM
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ZannoL posted...
Hopefully he makes it out okay.

he won't, but he probably accepted that before he got on a plane to go back to russia

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KiwiTerraRizing
04/17/21 10:51:20 PM
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Putin needs to be taken out

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ZannoL
04/17/21 10:51:59 PM
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TheHoldSteady posted...
he won't, but he probably accepted that before he got on a plane to go back to russia
Even if Navalny doesnt survive, he has emboldened a lot of people to be brave. Thats not an insignificant accomplishment.

He also helped break the perception that Putin is untouchable. This is most scared and nervous Putin has been in his 20+ years in power.
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SocialistGamer
04/17/21 10:52:25 PM
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Biden needs to sanction Russia hard for this.

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Irony
04/17/21 10:52:47 PM
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Russia needs more sanctions

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Kakapo
04/17/21 10:54:20 PM
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Fuck Putin

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solosnake
04/17/21 10:56:46 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrwlk7_GF9g

This is the documentary he made that made him a target

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ZannoL
04/17/21 11:02:39 PM
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Kakapo posted...
Fuck Putin

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masticatingman
04/17/21 11:02:59 PM
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If there are any Russian users on here Id doubt theyd touch this topic.

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ZannoL
04/17/21 11:16:49 PM
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masticatingman posted...
If there are any Russian users on here Id doubt theyd touch this topic.
True
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AloneIBreak
04/17/21 11:32:29 PM
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KiwiTerraRizing posted...
Putin needs to be taken out
Are you seriously advocating for war?

Irony posted...
Russia needs more sanctions
Sanctions aren't likely to hurt Putin himself so much as the general population of Russia. What sanctions did you have in mind?

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ZannoL
04/18/21 9:41:08 AM
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Bump.
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Tyranthraxus
04/18/21 9:56:14 AM
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AloneIBreak posted...


Sanctions aren't likely to hurt Putin himself so much as the general population of Russia. What sanctions did you have in mind?

How about a reverse sanction where instead of sanctioning Russia we send buttloads of weapons to Ukraine. This is essentially what the US did throughout WW2 and it pissed off the Japanese enough to attack pearl harbor.

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Wutobliteration
04/18/21 10:00:29 AM
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ZannoL posted...
Any Russian CEMen post here? What are your thoughts?

you mean the tankies?
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Funkydog
04/18/21 10:02:15 AM
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He was dead the moment he decided to go back sadly. Putin is fully prepared to turn him into a Martyr when he wields the news as his personal propaganda.

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dummy420
04/18/21 10:21:22 AM
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Funkydog posted...
He was dead the moment he decided to go back sadly. Putin is fully prepared to turn him into a Martyr when he wields the news as his personal propaganda.
Yeah he knew what he was doing when he went back and was willing to die. I'm surprised hes lived this long.

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