Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny asks for painkiller injections – public fee

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny requested for assist from a public fee to get entry to painkiller injections for extreme ache in his leg, the top of the fee mentioned in a press release, revealed on Saturday night time. Navalny was jailed final month for 2 and a half years on fees he known as politically motivated.
He was arrested as he returned to Russia from Germany in January, the place he had been recovering from what medical doctors mentioned was a nerve agent poisoning. The 44-year previous opposition politician has mentioned in a press release that his request for remedy by a civilian physician had been rejected and that he was being woken up by a guard each hour throughout the night time in a deliberate try and undermine his well being.
normal view exhibits a gate of Penal Colony No 2, the place opposition chief Alexei Navalny is serving jail time period, within the city of Pokrov, Russia February 28, 2021. (REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva/File Photo)
Members of a neighborhood Public Monitoring Commission, a semi-official physique with entry to Russian prisons, visited Navalny in his penal colony 100 km (60 miles) east of Moscow on Friday.
“From a conversation (with Navalny) we learned that he feels pain in his leg and he asked for help in getting injections of Diclofenac to reduce pain. He is still able to walk,” mentioned Vyacheslav Kulikov, the top of the fee, in an internet assertion.

A spokeswoman for a regional division of Russia’s jail authority declined any speedy remark.Diclofenac is a medication that reduces irritation and ache and is used to deal with issues with joints, muscle tissue and bones, data on Britain’s National Health Service web site mentioned. Navalny has mentioned that his solely remedy was two Ibuprofen tablets per day and his prognosis was unclear. The fee didn’t say if Navalny obtained the painkiller injections he requested for.
“We… made sure that his request had been recorded officially,” Kulikov mentioned.Navalny’s lawyer Vadim Kobzev, who visited the politician the day earlier than the general public screens, mentioned he was not conscious of his request for the painkiller injection.