Russian opposition leader Navalny's team finally locates him in remote prison colony after 20-day search
Alexei Navalny's team lost contact with him a week before his scheduled Dec 5 court appearance.Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s team has announced that they have found him in a Siberian penal colony following a weekslong search.
"We found Alexei Navalny," spokesperson Kira Yarmysh announced on Christmas Day, the BBC reported. Yarmysh added that Navalny’s lawyer was able to meet with him.
Yarmysh announced the update on Telegram, where she clarified that Navalny, 47, had been moved to the IK-3 penal colony, also known as "Polar Wolf," in Kharp in the Yamalo-Nenets district in Northern Russia.
Navalny has stood as the most significant opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin in recent years, leading to an assassination attempt in 2020 when Navalny suffered poisoning from a suspected Novichok nerve agent. He remained in a coma for several weeks while doctors in Germany fought to keep him alive.
Navalny returned to Russia in 2021, when authorities immediately arrested him and later sentenced him to 19 years in prison on extremism charges. His team has repeatedly raised concerns about his treatment following his return.
In Russia, Putin tries to assassinate the opposition and then throws him in prison. Here in the U.S.A., they go on a witch hunt and charge the opposition with anything hoping something will stick and attempt to bankrupt him. They even have a judge that declared him guilty before a trial even began. Can you imagine if you were not wealthy trying to defend your life against false charges with corrupt Democrat politicians and judges in charge ?
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