Aides to opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Wednesday that his health is deteriorating in a Russian prison and warned that his life may be in danger.”We suppose that Navalny has possibly been transferred to the prison hospital, and the [prison] colony administration are trying to cover it up. We believe that Navalny’s life is in danger and demand immediate access to him for his lawyers,” Maria Pevchikh, the head of investigations at Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, tweeted Wednesday.

Source: Alexei Navalny’s Health Declining in Russian Prison, Aides Warn His Life Could Be in Danger

Northern Comment– Navalny is clearly seen by Putin as his most credible challenger at the moment. He is responding as he has with other challengers in the past, he tries to eliminate them. If Navalny dies in prison there can be no doubt who is responsible. Natural causes it will not be. The West should take a stand in those circumstances and apply personal sanctions against Putin. Every time he gets away with another murder he becomes emboldened. There must be co-ordinated push back.