EU foreign ministers will discuss on Monday the situation around Russian blogger Alexey Navalny, who is serving his sentence in a penal colony in the Vladimir region, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Sunday.

Axar.az reports that France Presse cited his interview with the German newspaper Bild when he called on the Russian authorities to provide "adequate medical assistance" to Navalny whose health condition had deteriorated.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian made a similar statement earlier on Sunday, saying he was "extremely worried."