Alexander Shestun lost 24 kilograms on a hunger strike and is now in criti...

Alexander Shestun has lost 24 kilograms on a hunger strike and is now in critical condition, but he is trying not to lose heart. Write him a letter of support!

▶️ What is happening

"The nightingales here sing divinely beautifully!" politician Alexander Shestun writes from the hospital. At the end of March, while in custody, he began a hunger strike, lost 24 kilograms, and ended up in a hospital bed in critical condition.

"On May 8, I was hospitalized, and I immediately began coming off the hunger strike. But unlike previous hunger strikes, my body is refusing to take in proteins, it is rejecting them, and now my ankles are swollen," Shestun says. "All my organs have gone crazy and are competing over which is bigger: my stomach, intestines, kidneys, heart, pancreas, bladder, prostate gland, liver, and so on."

While Alexander Shestun is fighting for his health, you can support him!

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▶️ Who is Alexander Shestun

Alexander Shestun is 61 years old, he is the father of five children and the former head of the Serpukhov district. His total

prison sentence is 17 years.

The politician spoke about threats at the Tver pretrial detention center. He was sent to the punishment cell several times despite his prolonged hunger strike. One of those times was because Shestun was lying on the floor: he could not sit for long because of exhaustion.

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