MOSCOW – A lawyer for imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has complained of serious back and leg pain in custody, says doctors have found him to be suffering from a double hernia.
Olga Mikhailova told the independent TV channel Dozhd on Wednesday that Navalny also is beginning to lose sensation in his hands.
Navalny went on a hunger strike last week to protest what he called poor medical care. On Tuesday, the leader of the Navalny-backed Alliance of Doctors union was detained by police after trying to get into the prison to talk to doctors.
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