Russia says Navalny will receive treatment in prison if ill

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny would be treated as appropriate like any other prisoner if he was ill but declined to comment on his condition.

Navalny was moved to a sick ward with symptoms of a respiratory illness and has been tested for the coronavirus, the Izvestia newspaper reported on Monday, after Navalny said he had a high temperature and cough.