Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Russian counterpart on guaranteeing the health and well-being of Alexei Navalny, who is imprisoned in Russia.

We are appalled by the politically motivated detention and sentencing of Mr Navalny and deeply concerned by reports of Mr Navalny's ill health. Mr Navalny is the victim of a despicable crime and he must be released without condition as a matter of urgency. The UK regularly raises Mr Navalny's case with the Russian government, at all levels of engagement. The Foreign Secretary raised our concerns with his counterpart Foreign Minister Lavrov in June.