Alexei Navalny In 'Rather Critical Condition,' Ally Says, as Thousands March to Support Him in Russia
On 4/21/21 at 2:38 PM EDT
Thousands of Russians gathered Wednesday as part of a nationwide demonstration calling for the freedom of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
Navalny's team called for the unsanctioned demonstrations after weekend reports that his health is deteriorating in prison due to a weeks-long hunger strike.
"The situation with Alexei is indeed critical, and so we moved up the day of the mass protests," Vladimir Ashurkov, a close Navalny ally and executive director of the Foundation for Fighting Corruption, told the