Russian woman ends hunger strike announced because of the thwarted tour to Antarctica

Russian Natalya Litvinova, who had not taken food and water for five days as a sign of protest on the stalled liner SH Diana bound for Antarctica, has stopped her hunger strike. She announced this on December 1 in her Telegram channel.

"The end of the fifth day of hunger strike, I went to come out of it. <...> I am very sorry that I could not achieve anything. It is very hard for me to talk about it," she said in a video message.

Litvinova emphasized that the story does not end here. She plans to continue to seek the desired compensation from the travel company, but already through the court.

She thanked users for their support and added that she has a month-long trip to South America planned.

The day before, another passenger of the liner told Izvestia that Litvinova starved for five days. According to her, the crew showed no interest and sympathy for Natalya's condition. At the same time, a medical officer visited the starving woman every day to measure her vitals.

British newspaper The Times reported on November 29 that the passengers of the liner SH Diana headed to Antarctica, including Russians, went on hunger strike due to engine failure. The captain of the ship cited propeller failure as the reason for the refusal to go to the designated point. One of the passengers said that the captain of the ship did not inform the Russian Embassy about the beginning of the Russian tourists' hunger strike in protest. She noted that citizens from Britain and China had also joined them.

Later, the development director of the British cruise company Swan Hellenic in Russia, Yulia Dmitrieva , told Izvestia that two of the hunger-striking passengers of the liner had managed to reach an agreement, while another passenger was still negotiating with her. For the disrupted trip, the organizer offered customers to choose between a 65% discount on the next cruise and a refund of 50% of the ticket price for the failed trip. At the same time, Natalya Litvinova, a starving Russian woman, wants to receive a voucher for a similar cruise from the company.