Opposition figure Navalny says ‘fine’ after transfer to Arctic prison colony • FRANCE 24 English

Opposition figure Navalny says ‘fine’ after transfer to Arctic prison colony • FRANCE 24 English

Known as one of the toughest prisons in Russia the ik3 penal colony is nicknamed polar wolf it is located above the Arctic Circle about 2,000 km from Moscow it’s also the new home of Russian opposition politician Alexi naali who had been missing since December 6th on Tuesday naali posted on social media

That he was well and in High Spirits naval’s spokesperson said she was not surprised he had been trained transferred secretly without notice she said that even in prison naali is the largest political threat to Vladimir Putin in the upcoming presidential elections the thing is that there is no

Law in Russia that is applied to Alexi they always create his for Him special conditions and they don’t have anything to do with law also they are just trying to make his life uh as unbearable as it possibly can be because this prison will be much uh worse than the one that was

Before naali has been behind bars since January 2021 when he returned to Moscow he had been recuperating in Germany from nerve agent poisoning that he blamed on the Kremlin before his arrest Naval campaigned against corruption and organized major anti- Kremlin protests he has since spent months in isolation

And is serving a 28-year sentence for extremism convictions the VY has rejected all charges against him as politically motivated

Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said he was “fine” Tuesday after a “pretty exhausting” 20-day transfer to a penal colony beyond the Arctic Circle. The Kremlin critic’s whereabouts had been unknown for more than two weeks, but he is now in a penal colony in Russia’s far north and has been visited by his lawyer, his supporters said. “Don’t worry about me. I’m fine. I’m totally relieved that I’ve finally made it,” Navalny wrote on X after arriving at the colony nicknamed “Polar Wolf”. “I’m still in a good mood, as befits a Santa Claus,” he said, referring to his winter clothing of sheepskin coat and fur hat and the beard he grew out during his transportation.
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