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Russia: Navalny on hunger strike to protest prison treatment

by Vladimir Isachenkov
| April 2, 2021 12:03 AM

MOSCOW (AP) — Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Wednesday he has started a hunger strike to protest authorities’ failure to provide proper treatment for his back and leg pains.

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