Russia: opponent Alexei Navalny transferred to another penal colony according to his relatives
Alexei Navalny via video link from the IK-2 correctional penal colony in Pokrov, May 17, 2022. REUTERS - EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA
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Imprisoned Russian opponent Alexei Navalny has been transferred to a new "
severe regime
" penal colony , his relatives announced on Tuesday, who say they do not know where he is and worry about his life.
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They told Pokrov (his former penal colony) that Navalny is no longer detained here, that he has been transferred to a colony with a harsh regime
,” Olga Mikhailova, one of the TASS news agency, told the news agency. lawyers for the 46-year-old opponent.
“
It is linked to the fact that the verdict in his new case has entered into force
,” she adds.
At the end of May, the Russian justice had confirmed the
nine-year prison sentence of Alexei Navalny for the embezzlement of donations paid
to his organizations to fight against corruption but also for contempt of court, accusations which he denies and considers politically motivated. .
The lawyer and anti-corruption activist, the main Russian opponent, is already serving a sentence for "
fraud
" in a case dating back to 2014 and involving the French company Yves Rocher.
Until then, he was imprisoned in the colony of Pokrov, 100 km from Moscow, already considered one of the toughest in Russia.
People, including policemen, walk past the corrective penal colony IK-2, where Russian opponent Alexei Navalny is serving his prison sentence, in the city of Pokrov, Russia, April 6, 2021. REUTERS - MAXIM SHEMETOV
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“
The problem...is not just that a high-security colony is much scarier.
As long as we don't know where Alexei is, he remains one-on-one with a system that has already tried to kill him, so our main task is to locate him as soon as possible
, ”comments on Telegram messaging his spokesperson, Kira Iarmych.
She denounces the fact that neither the opponent, nor his lawyers or his family were informed in advance of this transfer.
Alexei Navalny was arrested in January 2021 on his return from Berlin, where he had spent several months recovering from poisoning, for which he holds Russian President Vladimir Putin responsible.
The vice has since continued to tighten on the Russian opposition.
All those who supported Alexeï Navalny are now in exile or are silent for fear of being arrested.
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