Vladimir Kara-Murza: Russian dissident 'moved to Russian prison hospital'
Vladimir Kara-Murza's wife has frequently expressed worries about his health.
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Evgenia Kara-Murza said on X that officials refused to comment on his condition when his lawyers tried to visit him.
Last year Mr Kara-Murza, a dual Russian-British citizen, was jailed and transferred to a prison colony in Siberia.
His wife says he suffers from a neurological condition as a result of poisonings.
Mr Kara-Murza, 42, has accused Russian authorities of trying to poison him in 2015 and 2017.
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