{"id":446877,"date":"2021-04-23T18:35:49","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T22:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=446877"},"modified":"2021-04-23T18:35:58","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T22:35:58","slug":"putin-critic-alexei-navalny-ends-hunger-strike-in-prison-thanks-supporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-critic-alexei-navalny-ends-hunger-strike-in-prison-thanks-supporters\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin Critic Alexei Navalny Ends Hunger Strike In Prison, Thanks Supporters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fputin-critic-alexei-navalny-ends-hunger-strike-in-prison-thanks-supporters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=446877&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3523.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny announced Friday that he will be ending his hunger strike after refusing to eat for around 24 days in protest of lack of medical care from his personal doctors while in prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/04\/23\/world\/europe\/russia-navalny-putin-hunger-strike.html\">The New York Times,<\/a> \u201cMr. Navalny said he halted his hunger strike on the advice of his doctors and because his demands had been partially met.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/COAeBxIFNpL\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Instagram<\/span><\/a> post, Navalny confirmed that he would reverse his hunger strike over the course of 24 days, which is about as long as he refused to eat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/04\/23\/990133615\/kremlin-critic-navalny-says-he-will-end-prison-hunger-strike\">NPR<\/a><\/span> reported that he thanked the \u201cgood people\u201d in Russia and around the world.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>\u201cMy heart is full of love and gratitude for you,\u201d he said, thanking \u201cgood, not indifferent people around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI am not withdrawing my request to allow the necessary specialist to see me,\u201d the opposition leader said. \u201cI\u2019m losing sensation in parts of my arms and legs, and I want to understand what it is and how to treat it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cBut considering the progress made and all the circumstances, I\u2019m beginning to come out of my hunger strike,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/04\/21\/europe\/russia-putin-address-navalny-protests-intl\/index.html\">CNN<\/a> reported that in an Instagram post released by his team on Tuesday, Navalny joked about his condition, saying, \u201cIf you were to see me now, you would have a laugh. A walking skeleton, staggering around the cell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the concern of doctors that his blood had dangerously high levels of potassium, he said,\u00a0\u201cYou can\u2019t just take me so easily. After [the chemical nerve agent] \u2018Novichok\u2019 even potassium is not so terrible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In announcing the end of his strike, he said that efforts by the public helped him to be examined by doctors twice recently. On Wednesday, more than a thousand protesters were arrested in Russia after demonstrations were held across the country to support Navalny and speak out against Russian President Vladimir Putin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/04\/22\/989694331\/at-least-1-700-protesters-in-russia-arrested-after-nationwide-anti-putin-rallies\"><span class=\"s1\">NPR<\/span><\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Navalny was sentenced to prison after returning to Moscow from Germany where he was undergoing treatment for poisoning from a nerve agent that he blames on the Kremlin. The Kremlin has denied any responsibility for his poisoning, but United States intelligence officials have \u201cconcluded with high confidence that Navalny was poisoned last year with a banned nerve agent called Novichok by the Russian security services,\u201d according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/03\/02\/biden-administration-sanctions-russia-over-navalny-imprisonment-472397\"><span class=\"s1\">Politico<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/putin-critic-alexei-navalny-says-health-is-worsening-in-prison\"><span class=\"s1\">Navalny released documents<\/span><\/a> saying that his medical condition was worsening while he was in prison and that he was a victim of sleep deprivation. He announced that he would start a hunger strike in order to receive medical care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On Monday, Navalny was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/navalny-moved-to-prison-medical-ward-for-vitamin-therapy-u-s-warns-of-consequences-if-he-dies-in-prison\"><span class=\"s1\">moved to a penal colony medical facility<\/span><\/a> during his strike. According to reporting by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/04\/19\/988686525\/navalny-moved-to-infirmary-in-russian-prison-after-doctor-warns-he-could-die-soo\"><span class=\"s1\">NPR<\/span><\/a>, Russian prison officials said that Navalny has been transferred to a medical ward at a prison apart from the one where he was being detained. He would go through \u201cvitamin therapy\u201d while there, they said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/navalny-moved-to-prison-medical-ward-for-vitamin-therapy-u-s-warns-of-consequences-if-he-dies-in-prison\">Days before he was moved to the ward<\/a><\/span>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/vladimir-putin-russia-hunger-strikes-0d7665af30e5ef1c146108809bbcc6c8\"><span class=\"s1\">Associated Press<\/span><\/a> reported that one of Navalny\u2019s doctors said he \u201ccould die at any moment\u201d in a Facebook post after he looked at test results he received from Navalny\u2019s family. The results reportedly showed \u201csharply elevated levels of potassium, which can bring on cardiac arrest, and heightened creatinine levels that indicate impaired kidneys,\u201d AP reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A top member of Navalny\u2019s Anti-Corruption Foundation, FBK, Maria Pevchikh, tweeted that people should stop saying that Navalny \u201chas been transferred to a hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt\u2019s not a hospital, it\u2019s just a different penal colony that has the same torturous conditions, same everything, apart from the fact that there are few formally qualified doctors on-site. This changes nothing,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pevchikh\/status\/1384104583937462277?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1384104583937462277%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/navalny-moved-to-prison-medical-ward-for-vitamin-therapy-u-s-warns-of-consequences-if-he-dies-in-prison\"><span class=\"s1\">wrote on Twitter<\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/navalny-moved-to-prison-medical-ward-for-vitamin-therapy-u-s-warns-of-consequences-if-he-dies-in-prison\">United States officials spoke out<\/a> against the treatment of Navalny. On Sunday, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told CNN that the Biden administration was looking at options to punish Russia if Navalny died in prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe have communicated to the Russian government that what happens to Mr. Navalny in their custody is their responsibility and they will be held accountable by the international community,\u201d Sullivan said. \u201cIn terms of the specific measures that we would take, we are looking at a variety of different costs that we would impose and I\u2019m not going to telegraph that publicly at this point \u2026 But we have communicated that there will be consequences if Mr. Navalny dies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny announced Friday that he will be ending his hunger strike after refusing to eat for around 24 days in protest of lack of medical care &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276599,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3523.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Putin Critic Alexei Navalny Ends Hunger Strike In Prison, Thanks Supporters","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-446877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3523.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Putin Critic Alexei Navalny Ends Hunger Strike In Prison, Thanks Supporters","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}