Alexei Navalny suffering from spinal injuries, lawyer says

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has a back injury (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)

A lawyer for jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has said that doctors have found him to be suffering from two spinal hernias.

Vadim Kobzev told the Interfax news agency that Mr Navalny also has a spinal protrusion and is beginning to lose feeling in his hands.