The imprisoned Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalnyreappeared in a prison near the mountain range of the Uralsin the polar circle Arcticafter almost three weeks in unknown whereabouts, as reported today on the social network X by his team of collaborators.
“We have found Alexei Navalny! It is located in the IK-3 penitentiary in the town of Jarpin the autonomous district of Yamalo-Nenets. Today the lawyer saw him. Alexei is fine“, wrote Kira Yarmishspokesperson for the opposition.
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The opposition’s lawyers had not contacted their client since last December 5, which alerted his coreligionists and the Western chancelleries.
The town of Jarpwhich has some 6,000 inhabitantsis located almost 2,000 kilometers from Moscow or about 45 hours by train from the Russian capital.
Jarp It is less than 50 kilometers from Salekhardthe administrative capital of this territory that has an area larger than that of Francebut it is populated by only half a million inhabitants.
According to one of his collaborators in exile, Ivan Zhdanovthe prison is named after “polar wolf” and is considered one of the most distant prisons from civilization in all Russia.
Today, Monday, marked the twentieth day since the collaborators of Navalny They raised the alarm about the whereabouts of the opponent, who is serving almost 30 years in prison.
Ten days ago the Russian penitentiary services (FSIN) they admitted that Navalny He had been transferred from the prison where he was serving a sentence in the Vladimir region, but his new destination was not specified.
The FSIN explains that the opponent left the prison “By virtue of the ruling issued by the Moscow Urban Court August 4” past, which included a new 19-year sentence for extremism.
At the moment, it is unknown if Yamalo-Nenets will be the final destination of Navalnywho was transferred after announcing a campaign against the re-election of the Russian president, Vladimir Putinin power since 2000.
The process of transferring to another prison, known as “etapirovanie”, can last for weeks, during which time the prisoner is usually incommunicado.
So much USA as the European Union (EU) or International Amnesty (AI) expressed their concern about the fate of Navalnynumber one enemy of Kremlin.
The Secretary of State of USA, Anthony Blinkenwas shown on Saturday “deeply”concerned by the opacity regarding the whereabouts of Navalny and demanded “one more time” his “immediate release” and at Kremlin to stop “suppressing independent voices in Russia.”
On December 7th, Navalny asked from prison to vote against Putin in the elections of March 17, 2024.
Navalny also announced the launch of a website (neputin.org) that asked Russians to support any candidate for the presidency, except Putin.
The day after its launch, the site was blocked.
