A number of supporters of Alexei Navalny were detained Tuesday outside his penal colony east of Moscow after they demanded access to the jailed Kremlin critic, who is on hunger strike demanding proper medical treatment.
Among those detained was Anastasia Vasilyeva, Mr Navalny’s personal doctor and head of the Alliance of Doctors medical trade union which is critical of the government, according to the group and AFP journalists at the scene.
Earlier on Tuesday Russian police had stepped up security at the prison as Mr Navalny’s supporters prepared to stage a protest outside the facility to demand that authorities give him proper medical care.
Mr Navalny, 44, a prominent opponent of President Vladimir Putin, announced a hunger strike last week in protest at what he said was the refusal of prison authorities to treat him properly for acute back and leg pain.
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