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Alexie Navalny

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NanKate Fri 14-Apr-23 13:59:23

This brave man is being slowly poisoned ā€˜it is reported’ in an inhuman cell, with little lighting, for standing up to that brute Putin. I know there is nothing we can do to save him but I feel anyone who is able to should in some way advertise his plight.

His parents who were about to visit him recently were stopped at the last minute and his wife and daughter haven’t been allowed to visit either.

Putin’s and his henchmen say it is nothing to do with them, it’s up to the prison.

For anyone who is a believer please pray šŸ™ for him and others please just keep him in your mind.

I just hope his suffering ends soon. šŸ’

NanKate Sat 17-Feb-24 20:14:36

On the day of his funeral (when his body has been located !) I will put a photo of him in my front window with some flowers. Perhaps others may like to do something similar in memory of a very brave man. šŸ’

NanKate Fri 16-Feb-24 12:41:24

I feel devasted, his poor wife, daughter and parents.

Maremia and all you wonderful supporters thank you for all you have said and done.

RIP you brave man šŸ’

Maremia Fri 16-Feb-24 11:47:14

So sad, we are too late.

Maremia Thu 15-Feb-24 11:48:10

Going to the Post Office tomorrow, to find out how much a stamp to Russia will cost.

Chocolatelovinggran Wed 14-Feb-24 17:33:36

Brilliant - thank-you Maremia . I shall send something soon.

NanKate Wed 14-Feb-24 15:15:18

Well said Maremia I’m with you. šŸ‘

Maremia Wed 14-Feb-24 14:20:24

Mr Andrei Kelin,
Embassy of the Russian Federation (main building),
6/7 Kensington Palace Gardens,
London W8 4QP

Maremia Wed 14-Feb-24 14:15:20

Hi again, for anyone still following this thread, we now have the address for the Russian Embassy in London. Now I know that all of the Russian officials overtly follow the party line, and some of you may feel that sending to them is a waste of a stamp, but for me, just to let them know that we are still thinking of Navalny, even though he is being kept well out of sight, is enough of an incentive. Just heading off to check the spelling for this address. Be back very soon.

Maremia Mon 12-Feb-24 16:40:05

Brilliant. Will have a go at that.

NanKate Mon 12-Feb-24 16:25:36

Today I found an address for Amnesty International to sign a petition for alexei navalny. A tiny step forward

htpps://www.amnesty.org/en/petition/russia-aleksei-navalny-putin-moscow/

Please note different spelling of his name. Thanks.

NanKate Mon 12-Feb-24 10:56:53

Thanks MareMia. I've sent you a private message.

Maremia Mon 12-Feb-24 09:01:22

We still have lots of time to get organised.

NanKate Mon 12-Feb-24 08:14:54

Sorry I have been off grid recently will come back later today.

Maremia Sun 11-Feb-24 18:07:48

That's the email off to Amnesty International. If anyone else is making progress, please let us know.

Maremia Thu 01-Feb-24 16:44:27

Foreign Office can't offer anything else beyond the email address [email protected], but meanwhile one of the Guardian Editors has sent a click link straight to the penal colony IK-3, and an address for posting. The only big, huge, enormous problem is that it is all in Russian. Doh! So we need an in between address, that is someone sympathetic who can receive our cards and be able to post them on. Any ideas?

Maremia Mon 29-Jan-24 20:21:23

Oh no! And that was kind of you to re-assure the nurse.
I have just looked up the contact, by email, details for The Guardian, and will send a request to them. They have an article today about the forthcoming elections in Russia. Failing that, will have a go at Amnesty International.
eazybee mentioned the Telegraph, but I don't have that online.

NanKate Mon 29-Jan-24 16:04:52

Thanks Maremia I’m happy to say the laser eye treatment has been a success, however the nurse put in the wrong eye drops at the beginning of the procedure,so instead of taking 30 mins it took 2 hours, having 8 lots of drops to get me to where I was supposed to be. 😳

The nurse came to apologise to me personally and I said there were far worse things going on in the world and I don’t let small things worry me anymore. She was grateful.

NanKate Mon 29-Jan-24 16:00:04

I think this very brave man has contact with her solicitors who pass on his messages.

Putin is beyond evil.

eazybee Wed 24-Jan-24 09:40:42

According to the Telegraph Alexei Navalny is being woken at 5am every morning with pro-Putin music every morning. He has said this himself, but how he is able to report this I do not know. Possibly allowed as a deterrent because it will be a brave person who will follow his example.

Luckygirl3 Wed 24-Jan-24 09:17:04

Thank you for that information.

Maremia Wed 24-Jan-24 09:10:51

If you can buy the Guardian, or read it online, they have recently published two articles/updates about Navalny, including photographs. Good luck with the surgery NanKate

Luckygirl3 Wed 24-Jan-24 08:00:05

I am not sure I understand how we know about the conditions he is being held under or his state of nutrition if the authorities do not allow anyone to see him. It sounds appalling but how is it that we know these things?

NanKate Wed 24-Jan-24 07:43:23

Maremia thanks for your efforts. Still waiting to hear from MP.

Will get back on the case soon, after having eye surgery tomorrow.

Maremia Tue 23-Jan-24 13:33:00

Thanks for those flowers Smileless. Much better now. Still no response from that email address. Has anyone contacted Amnesty International? I have bought my card, and my son in law said it will never get to him. I explained that it will get somewhere along the line, and the support for Navalny will be noted.

NanKate Sun 14-Jan-24 19:53:19

Very well done Maremia. I will follow suit and contact the Navalny email. šŸ‘

I am awaiting a reply from my MP who came back to me asking for my full details to confirm I am one of her constituents. I hope to get an address or email soon. The more the merrier in my opinion.

When I saw AN smiling from his ā€˜hell hole’ I thought what an utterly brave man. I very much hope when Putin is no longer here that he will be released, sadly this won’t happen in my lifetime or that of his poor parents.