Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny called the first and last president of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, “one of the few (leaders) who did not use power for personal gain and enrichment.” In his post on his Telegram channel, Navalny wrote: “The loudspeakers in the cells broadcasting the radio program announced the death of Mikhail […]
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Navalny in solitary confinement for five days because ‘for three seconds he didn’t have his hands behind his back’
Russian politician Alexei Navalny, who is serving a sentence in Prison Colony No. 6 in the city of Melekhovo in the Vladimir region, has been placed in solitary confinement again, this time for five days. This development was reported by Navalny himself in a post on Telegram. “They take me to isolation through the corridor: […]
Russia: Navalny says he is being held in the same ward as those convicted of murder
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny announced on his Instagram account that he had been placed in the same ward with detainees convicted of murder at the IK-6 penitentiary in the Vladimir region. “And the convicts are good. Calm and friendly. When I came here I immediately thought they were murderers. So it turned out. Almost […]
Russia: Navalny received his first reprimand in prison a week ago
The leader of the Russian opposition and critic of the Kremlin, Alexei Navalny, received the first reprimand in the colony of high-security prisoners IK-6 located in the Vladimir region and where he was transferred a week ago. This is reported on the Twitter of the Russian politician. According to Navalny, the report against him was […]
Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny confirms transfer to another prison
Alexei Navalny confirmed today that he has been transferred to another prison, further away from Moscow, which is notorious for ill-treatment of detainees. On Tuesday, the opposition leader’s lawyers announced that the authorities had transferred him to another penitentiary, but did not know to whom, something that worried his associates and supporters. “Good morning from […]
Russia: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny transferred to unknown location
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was abruptly transferred from prison where he was serving an 11-1 / 2 year sentence to an unknown location, two years after he was poisoned with a substance that the West describes as a neurotoxic agent. Navalny, the most prominent opposition leader, has portrayed Vladimir Putin’s Russia as a dystopian […]
Russia: Navalny blames Google and Meta for helping Putin
Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Thursday blamed Google and Meta Platforms Inc. for cutting advertising, a move he said undermined the opposition and was therefore a gift to President Vladimir Putin. Navalny, by far the most important leader of the Russian opposition, portrays Putin’s Russia as a dystopian state ruled by thieves and […]
Russia: Arrest warrants for writer Dmitry Gluhovsky and Navalny collaborator
Russian justice has today listed science-fiction writer Dmitry Glukhovsky, who faces up to 10 years in prison for criticizing the Russian military after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The list also includes associate of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Milov. The 42-year-old author, in a post on the Telegram messaging medium, says he is accused […]
Russia: Court rejects Navalny’s appeal
A Russian court today rejected an appeal by opposition leader Alexei Navalny against a nine-year sentence for corruption and contempt of court, which he denies. Navalny, the most prominent figure in the Russian opposition, was sentenced in March to nine years in prison for fraud and contempt of court, in addition to the two-and-a-half-year sentence […]
Russia: Navalny’s appeal adjourned to May 24
The appeal of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is already in prison and sentenced again in March to nine years in prison for “fraud”, has been postponed to May 24. About an hour after the hearing began, the Moscow City Court announced that the trial was adjourned for a week at the request of […]