Navalny: From poison to hunger strike -------------------------------------------- Berlin GERMANY Moscow RUSSIA Tomsk Omsk The fate of 44-year-old Alexei Navalny, arch-critic of President Vladimir Putin, is adding to already acute strains in Russia’s ties with the West 1 2 3 500km 310 miles ---------------------------------------------- VLADIMIR REGION 4 Moscow 5 Pokrov 6 Vladimir 40km 25 miles ----------------------------------------------- 1 Aug 20, 2020: Navalny taken ill on flight from Tomsk to Moscow. Hospitalised in Omsk after plane makes emergency landing -------------------------------------------- 2 Aug 22: Airlifted to Berlin hospital for treatment. German doctors say tests indicate Navalny was poisoned with Novichok nerve agent -------------------------------------------- 3 Sep 22: Discharged from hospital after coming out of induced coma -------------------------------------------- 4 Jan 17, 2021: Detained at Moscow airport after flying home to Russia. Thousands of Navalny’s supporters arrested during days of protests -------------------------------------------- Feb 2: Given jail term for parole violations of 2014 fraud case, despite authorities knowing he was in hospital -------------------------------------------- 5 Feb 26: Sent to IK-2 corrective penal colony in town of Pokrov -------------------------------------------- Mar 31: Starts hunger strike to demand proper medical treatment for acute back pain and leg numbness -------------------------------------------- 6 Apr 18: Navalny is transferred to hospital in Penal Colony No 3 in city of Vladimir as supporters warn of his worsening health -------------------------------------------- Sources: Reuters, BBC, AP Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS