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He pointed to the Russian occupation of Chernobyl at the beginning of the war, where workers slept on the site in 'very poor conditions'.Īs a trade association for the civil nuclear industry, the welfare of 'thousands of Ukrainian workers' and civilian Russian workers at the plant 'is the more immediate concern for us', he said. Those left to maintain it could become trapped inside when fighting ramps up during Ukraine's counterattack, said Jonathan Cobb, of the World Nuclear Association. 'He must immediately and continuously be provided with adequate care, including comprehensive medical check-ups, treatment and monitoring of his health situation in a civil hospital,' Ms Edwards added.Įarlier we reported yet another warning about the threat of a nuclear incident at the Zaporizhzhia power plant, with fears for the electricity and water supply topping experts' concerns.Ĭomplicating matters further is a planned Russian evacuation of 3,100 people from the town that serves the plant, which operator Energoatom warned could lead to a 'catastrophic lack' of personnel. The 46-year-old voluntarily returned to Russia in 2021 from Germany, where he had been treated for what western laboratory tests showed was an attempt to poison him with a nerve agent in Siberia in 2020. Russia's prison service has previously denied allegations that its employees have mistreated Navalny and has said he has always been granted medical treatment when needed. 'I am distressed by the deteriorating state of Navalny’s health and the apparent lack of satisfactory diagnosis and medical treatment,' the UN's special rapporteur on torture Alice Edwards said in a statement. His supporters have said he was suffering from significant stomach pain in jail, which they claimed could be a sign of a slow acting poison. The Russian opposition leader is serving combine sentences of 11 and a half years for fraud and contempt of court charges, which he claims were created to silence him. The United Nations has called on Russia to provide Alexei Navalny with 'urgent and comprehensive' medical care after reports that his health was deteriorating.

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