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		</div><p>Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has suffered back pains and leg problems in prison, his lawyer said.</p>
<p>The lawyer, Olga Mikhailova, said Mr Navalny’s condition has notably deteriorated in recent days.</p>
<p>“He’s suffering strong pains in his back and his right leg.</p>
<p>“He’s feeling numbness in his right lower leg,” Ms Mikhailova said outside the prison in remarks carried by independent Dozhd TV.</p>
<p>“His right leg is in terrible shape.”</p>
<p>The 44-year-old Mr Navalny, who is President Vladimir Putin’s most outspoken opponent, was arrested on January 17 upon his return from Germany, where he spent five months recovering from a nerve-agent poisoning that he blames on the Kremlin.</p>
<p>Russian authorities have rejected the accusation.</p>
<p>Ms Mikhailova said Mr Navalny was taken to a hospital outside prison on Wednesday for magnetic resonance tomography but was not given the results.</p>
<p>She said Mr Navalny has received pills and ointment for his pain, but prison authorities refused to accept medicines that lawyers brought to him.</p>
<p>Ms Mikhailova said Mr Navalny had experienced back pain for four weeks, but prison officials also would not permit a visit by his doctor.</p>
<p>The lawyer argued that authorities should transfer Mr Navalny to Moscow so he could get better treatment.</p>
<p>Earlier this month, Mr Navalny was moved to a prison colony in Pokrov in the Vladimir region, 53 miles east of Moscow.</p>
<p>The facility stands out among Russian penitentiaries for its particularly strict regime that includes routines like standing at attention for hours.</p>
<p>Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service said earlier that Mr Navalny had undergone medical check-ups the previous day, describing his condition as “stable and satisfactory”.</p>
<p>Last month, Mr Navalny was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for violating the terms of his probation while convalescing in Germany.</p>
<p>The sentence stems from a 2014 embezzlement conviction that Mr Navalny has rejected as fabricated — and which the European Сourt of Human Rights has ruled to be unlawful.</p>
<p>Russian officials have rejected demands from the United States and the European Union to free Mr Navalny and stop the crackdown on his supporters.</p>
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