Russia arrested CNN Moscow correspondent and group of medics who demanded to see opposition Alexei Navalny

Several Alexei Navalny supporters were detained outside his penal colony east of Moscow on Tuesday after requesting access to the jailed Kremlin critic., who is on hunger strike to demand adequate medical treatment.

Among the detainees was Anastasia Vasilyeva, Navalny’s personal doctor and head of the medical union Alliance of Physicians, which criticizes the government.

The correspondent of CNN Matthew Chance He was also detained, as posted on social media.

Police also arrested the journalist Dmitry Nizovtsev already Ksenia Pakhomova, former coordinator of the headquarters of the Navalny organization in Kemerovo, reports MBH Media. The detainees were taken to the 9th Police Department of the city of Cover.

Supporters of the 44-year-old opposition politician arrived in Pokrov about 100 kilometers east of Moscow on Tuesday to request access to Navalny, but were refused.

Navalny went on a hunger strike last Wednesday to demand appropriate medical treatment for severe back pain and numbness in both legs, and said they only gave her pain relievers.

President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal critic on Monday said that now he also suffered from a severe cough and fever, and three people from his prison unit had been hospitalized with tuberculosis.

The Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) said the opposition politician Samples were taken from him to perform “all the necessary analyzes, including a coronavirus test.”

Navalny, who survived a near fatal poisoning in August, lost a total of 13 kilograms in the penal colony, including five kilos last week, said his lawyer Olga Mikhailova.

Navalny’s doctor Vasilyeva on Tuesday accused authorities of violate your rights by refusing to treat you properly.

“Of course I fear” for his health, Vasilyeva told reporters outside the penal colony.

“We are doctors, which is why we are here today. Health must be a priority ”, he said, stressing that Navalny should be transferred to a “normal” hospital.

The syndicate Alliance of Physicians was entered by the Ministry of Justice of Russia in the register of organizations performing the functions of a foreign agent.

Instead, the lawyers of Navalny they were able to enter the colony, said politician’s partner Leonid Volkov. Before that, they had been waiting for their admission for more than five hours, he added.

Navalny has been in prison number 2 since March 11 from the Vladimir region, which he describes as “Concentration camp”.

The opposition leader accused the Russian president, Vladimir Poutine, having ordered his assassination to the Federal Security Service (FSB, former KGB).

Monday, the general secretary of Amnesty International, Agnes Callamard, said she wrote to Putin asking him to make sure that Navalny “receive medical care from a health professional you trust ”.

“There is a real possibility that Russia is subjecting him to a slow death.”Callamard wrote on Twitter.

Putin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, said on Tuesday he was unaware of Callamard’s letter, but added that Navalny was not entitled to any special treatment.

“Of course, we cannot speak of special conditions for one of the convicts,” Peskov said.

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