Considered Vladimir Putin’s most vocal opponent, Mr Navalny has been imprisoned since 2021.. Writing on X, formerly known as Twitter, that he was “the new Santa”, Mr Navalny confirmed on Tuesday that...
Considered Vladimir Putin’s most vocal opponent, Mr Navalny has been imprisoned since 2021.
.Writing on X, formerly known as Twitter, that he was “the new Santa”, Mr Navalny confirmed on Tuesday that he had been moved to the IK-3 penal colony, nicknamed “Polar Wolf”, in the northern town of Kharp, some 1,900km (1,200 miles) northeast of Moscow.
.Mr Navalny said he had been transported with “such precaution” and along “such a strange route” that he was surprised when he was told that his lawyer was there to see him, as he did not think he would be found before “mid-January”.
.Mr Navalny had previously been held in Melekhovo, 235 km (145 miles) east of Moscow
Mr Navalny suggested he had been moved first to the capital, then east to the Urals mountain region and again to the west before being moved north of the Arctic Circle.
The US said that while it welcomed reports that Mr Navalny had been located, it remained “deeply concerned” about his well-being and conditions of detention.
Mr Navalny made his name as a campaigner against corruption, gathering millions of views for his video investigations.