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In this file photo taken on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in a cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia. A hunger strike by jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny cast a spotlight on the country’s prison system that critics say is built on fear and torment. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Top Navalny associates detained ahead of protests

By Daria Litvinova - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, March 30, 2021, file photo, German Chancellor Angela Merkel briefs the media after a virtual meeting with federal state governors at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany. Merkel is defending her country's ongoing cooperation with Russia on the building of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline amid growing criticism of Moscow's treatment of opposition politician Alexei Navalny and aggression toward Ukraine. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool, File)

Merkel defends German/Russian pipeline construction

By David Rising - Associated Press

In this Feb. 16, 2021, file photo taken from footage provided by the Babuskinsky District Court, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gestures during a court hearing in Moscow, Russia. Several doctors were prevented Tuesday, April 20, from seeing Navalny in a prison hospital after his three-week hunger strike, and prosecutors also detailed a sweeping, new case against his organization. (Babuskinsky District Court Press Service via AP, File)

Navalny’s doctors prevented from seeing him at prison clinic

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, file photo, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in a cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Jailed Navalny to be moved to a hospital in another prison

By Daria Litvinova - Associated Press

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, April 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

White House: Russia will be punished if Navalny dies in custody

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021 file photo, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in a cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia. Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has been on hunger strike since March 31, described threats to force-feed him, using &quot;straitjacket and other pleasures,&quot; in a message from behind bars Friday, April 16. In an Instagram post, Navalny said an official told him that a blood test indicated his health was deteriorating and threatened to force-feed him if he continues to refuse to eat. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

U.S.: Russia could face ‘consequences’ over treatment of jailed dissident Navalny

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Friday Aug. 21, 2020 file photo, Leonid Volkov, a top strategist for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, addresses the media in Berlin, Germany. Activists for imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are calling for massive protests in the heart of Moscow and St. Petersburg as Navalny's health reportedly is deteriorating severely while on hunger strike. Leonid Volkov, a top strategist for Navalny, said the demonstrations are called on short notice for Wednesday April 21, 2021, because &quot;his life hangs in the balance. ... We don't know how long he can hold on.&quot; (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

Navalny’s team calls protests amid reports of failing health

By JIM HEINTZ - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, file photo, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in a cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia. A doctor for the imprisoned Russian opposition leader, who is in the third week of a hunger strike, said on Saturday April 17, 2021, that his health is deteriorating rapidly and the 44-year-old Kremlin critic could be on the verge of death. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Navalny’s doctor: Putin critic ‘could die at any moment’ from hunger strike

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FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021 file photo, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in a cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia. Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has been on hunger strike since March 31, described threats to force-feed him, using &quot;straitjacket and other pleasures,&quot; in a message from behind bars Friday, April 16. In an Instagram post, Navalny said an official told him that a blood test indicated his health was deteriorating and threatened to force-feed him if he continues to refuse to eat. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Hunger-striking Navalny describes threats to force-feed him

By DARIA LITVINOVA - Associated Press

Russian opposition activist Lyubov Sobol gestures as she walks to the court escorted by a Russian Federal Bailiffs service officer in Moscow, Russia, Monday April 5, 2021. A Moscow court will start considering the case against Navalny ally Lyubov Sobol, who is charged with unlawful entry into a dwelling. In December Sobol rang the doorbell of a flat of a relative of an alleged FSB agent Konstantin Kudryavtsev, whom Navalny accused of his poisoning. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Top associate of Navalny convicted of trespassing in Russia

By DARIA LITVINOVA - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, file photo, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in a cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he has started a prison hunger strike to protest officials’ failure to provide proper treatment for his back and leg pains. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Putin foe Navalny says he was suing prison for withholding Quran

By Daria Litvinova - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny looks at photographers standing behind a glass of the cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) ** FILE **

Lawyer: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has double hernia

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TikTok fined by Russian court for not removing content

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny looks at photographers standing behind a glass of the cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia. Alexei Navalny says on Wednesday, March 31 he has started a prison hunger strike to protest officials' failure to provide proper treatment for his back and leg pains. He also protested the hourly checks a guard makes on him at night, saying they amount to sleep deprivation torture. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

White House ‘disturbed’ by reports of Alexey Navalny’s worsening health

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny looks at photographers standing behind a glass of the cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) ** FILE **

Putin critic Navalny loses weight, blames harsh prison

By JIM HEINTZ - Associated Press