US has warned Russia: “There will be consequences if opposition leader Alexei Navalny dies”

The United States National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, warned on Sunday that Russia would face “consequences” if the Kremlin critic went on hunger strike, Alexei Navalny, go dead.

Navalny, the most prominent opponent of the Russian president, Vladimir Poutine, He has been imprisoned since January, when he returned to Russia after recovering from poisoning for which he almost died and which was orchestrated by Moscow.

“We are seeing a variety of different costs (actions) that we would take, and I won’t be announcing them publicly at this time, but we have communicated that there will be consequences if Navalny dies,” Sullivan told the CNN.

The 44-year-old opponent started a hunger strike on March 31 to require appropriate medical treatment for the back pain and numbness in his legs and hands. Saturday, in fact, Doctors in Navalny said their health had deteriorated and demanded that prison officials give them immediate access.

“Our patient can die at any time”, said cardiologist Yaroslav Ashikhmin, noting the high levels of potassium found in Navalny’s body. Doctors requested that the opponent be transferred to intensive care.

So many France What Germany they joined criticism from several countries on Sunday for Navalny’s treatment.

Sullivan said the White House warned the Kremlin that Moscow will be “held responsible by the international community” for what happens to Navalny in detention in Russia.

The president of the United States, Joe biden, said on Saturday that the opposition’s situation was “Totally unfair”. However, the president has been criticized for not discussing the treatment Navalny received during a recent phone conversation with Putin. Sullivan said the White House has already made its position clear to Russia. and that “the best way to deal with this problem is in private and through direct diplomatic channels at the highest levels of the Russian government ”.

This Sunday, the European Union (EU) declared this Sunday that it is “Deeply disturbed” for reports and requested “His immediate and unconditional release.”

The issue is on the agenda of a videoconference of EU foreign ministers to take place on Monday, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a statement.

Mobilization

The Russian opposition announced this Sunday protests in several Russian cities on April 21 in favor of the main rival of Vladimir Putin. “Events are developing in a very fast and very unfavorable manner,” Navalny’s allies Ivan Zhdanov and Leonid Volkov said in a video posted on the opponent’s website. “It’s not just about Navalny’s freedom anymore, it’s about his life. At the moment, They kill him in a penal colony and we can’t wait any longerVolkov wrote on Facebook.

He further noted that Wednesday’s protest could become a decisive battle in the fight against “absolute evil”, or the last Russian opposition rally in years.

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