Imprisoned Kremlin dissident Alexei Navalny has decided to end his hunger strike after getting medical attention.
The jailed opposition leader announced the conclusion of his hunger strike in a social media post on Friday, which was the 24th day of the protest.
NAVALNY ANNOUNCES HUNGER STRIKE IN PRISON IN DEMAND FOR PROPER MEDICAL CARE
“Thanks to the huge support of good people across the country and around the world, we have made huge progress,” Navalny said in his message.
Navalny began a hunger strike three weeks ago as a protest to the lack of medical care he was receiving.
“If you saw me now, you would laugh,” Navalny said in a post from a day before, describing himself as “a skeleton walking, swaying, in its cell,” according to Business Insider.
Earlier this week, reports surfaced that his health deteriorated to such an extent that he “could die at any moment.” He was moved to a hospital prison.
In January, Navalny returned to Russia after receiving treatment in Germany for nerve agent poisoning, which officials have said they believe to be a result of a plot planned by the Russian government to have him killed. Upon returning to the country, Navalny was arrested and sentenced to serve 2 1/2 years in prison for violating the terms of his parole, and he has insisted that the charges are retribution.
His sentence was reduced minimally by an appeals court.
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Amid Navalny’s deteriorating health, subsequent protests since his arrest, and in response to the SolarWinds cyberattack, both the Kremlin and the United States have removed diplomats from the other nation.
U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan warned Russia of “consequences” on Sunday and said, “they will be held accountable by the international community” if Navalny dies.
