Jailed Russian opposition leader Navalny ‘ill after new suspected poisoning’

Jailed Russian opposition leader Navalny ‘ill after new suspected poisoning’
Alexei Navalny (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is in failing health because of a new suspected poisoning and is back in a punishment cell after a few days in regular confinement, a spokeswoman has said.

Anna Veduta, a Washington DC-based vice president of Mr Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, told the Associated Press that the 46-year-old fell ill last Friday when he was let out of the punishment cell and put in a conventional cell.

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