Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been located in a prison colony in northern Russia after going missing for nearly three weeks, his spokeswoman said Monday.We have found Alexei Navalny.
He is now in IK-3 in the settlement of Kharp in the Yamal-Nenets autonomous district, Kira Yarmysh wrote on X, formerly Twitter.She said Navalnys lawyer visited him earlier in the day, adding that the anti-corruption crusader is doing well.Exiled Navalny lawyer Ivan Zhdanov called IK-3 one of the most northern and remote prison colonies in Russia.Conditions there are harsh, with a special regime in the permafrost zone.
Its very difficult to reach and there are no systems to deliver letters or [make calls], Zhdanov wrote.The situation with Alexei is a vivid example of how the system treats political prisoners, trying to isolate and suppress them, he said, linking Navalnys isolation to Russias 2024 presidential elections in which Putin is expected to win his fifth term.Navalnys location and condition had been unknown since his lawyers last met with him on Dec.
5, sparking worriesthat the 47-year-olds life may be in danger.He was expected to be transferred to a new prison colony as part of his new 19-year jail term for extremism.He was previously held at the IK-2 prison colony in central Russias Vladimir region, where he was serving a sentence on fraud charges.His allies linked the timing of his disappearance to President Vladimir Putins Dec.
8 announcement to seek re-election in the 2024 presidential race.Navalny has urged Russians to vote for any other candidate besides Putin in the March 15-17 election.Navalny was jailed in 2021 after returning to Moscow from Germany, where he recovered from a nearly fatal poisoning attack with the Soviet-designed nerve agent Novichok.
He claimes the poisoning was orchestrated by Putin, an assertion the Kremlin denies.His activist and political groups were banned as extremist organizations in summer 2021, forcing his closest associates into exile.This story is developing.
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