Jailed Russian Opposition Activist Mikhail Kriger Declares Hunger Strike

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Imprisoned Russian opposition activist Mikhail Kriger began a hunger strike on Friday after being transferred to solitary confinement again, the Moscow Times reports. Kriger, 65, is currently serving a 7-year sentence in penal colony No. 5 in the Orel region and has not consumed food or water since Friday. “The last straw was when the prison authorities canceled our visit. I begged him to start eating, but anyone who knows my father knows that i…