Posted 12/27/2023, 10:34:20 AM
Jailed Kremlin Critic Navalny Found in Remote Arctic Prison
- Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been located in a remote prison colony north of the Arctic circle, after losing contact with his attorneys and associates for nearly 3 weeks
- Navalny is serving a 19-year sentence on charges of extremism that he says are politically motivated
- The prison colony is in the Yamalo-Nenetsk region, which his team says makes it extremely difficult to access or communicate with Navalny
- Navalny was previously poisoned with a nerve agent in 2020, spent over a week in a coma, and was arrested when he returned to Russia from medical treatment in Germany
- His advisors had warned when contact was lost that Navalny was being kept in harsh conditions and denied food