Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny confirmed on Tuesday that he’s in an Arctic jail. He described the placement as snow-covered above the Arctic Circle and acknowledged that he’s in glorious spirits regardless of the exhausting 20-day journey to get there.
The assertion from President Vladimir Putin’s foremost opponent comes after his allies misplaced contact with him for greater than two weeks throughout his switch. Navalny’s jail relocation has raised considerations amongst Western politicians.
Navalny’s spokesperson acknowledged on Monday that he was within the penal colony IK-3, north of the Arctic Circle, located in Kharp, within the Yamal-Nenets area, about 1,900 kilometers northeast of Moscow.
Through Twitter, Navalny reported being in jail and defined the route he took to achieve the detention middle.
He mentioned:
“I was transported with care and through such a strange route (Vladimir – Moscow – Chelyabinsk – Yekaterinburg – Kirov – Vorkuta – Kharp) that I didn’t expect anyone to find me here until mid-January.”
4/10 Привезли меня в субботу вечером. А везли с такими предосторожностями и по такому странному маршруту (Владимир – Москва – Челябинск – Екатеринбург – Киров – Воркута – Харп), что я и не рассчитывал, что меня кто-то здесь найдет до середины января.
— Alexey Navalny (@navalny) December 26, 2023
The brand new location the place Navalny will probably be detained is named the “Polar Wolf” colony and is taken into account one of many hardest prisons in Russia. Most prisoners there have been convicted of significant crimes.
Winters within the nation are harsh, with temperatures anticipated to drop to round -28°C subsequent week.
Positioned about 60 km north of the Arctic Circle, the jail was based within the Nineteen Sixties as a part of what was as soon as the Soviet Gulag system of compelled labor camps, based on the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper.
