Allies of critically ill Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for help on Friday with their bid to get him transferred from Siberia to Germany. They urged the ECHR to "ask the Russian government to allow Mr. Navalny to be transferred to Germany for treatment," the court said, adding that the case "would be examined in the next few days". ha/mk/jxb/ach