MOSCOW: Imprisoned Kremlin criticism Alexei Navalny said he had been transferred to a solitary confinement cell in the penal colony where he is being held, blaming Russian authorities for the move.
In a statement on Twitter on Wednesday, he said authorities justified the move by saying he did not keep his hands behind his back for three seconds while walking around the camp, the agency reported. dpa press.
“The directive obviously came from Moscow. Even by the standards of a Russian prison, sending someone to the punishment cell for just three seconds with no hands behind their back is too much,” he tweeted. .
His plan to create a union inside the prison has also angered the authorities recently.
Navalny said he had already spent three days in the cell, measuring 2.5 by 3 meters, last week, allegedly because he failed to button a piece of clothing.
He tweeted: “Here I am again sitting in my hellish closet with a mug and a book. Kinda boring of course. I think I need to learn to meditate.”
He is currently serving a sentence allegedly for fraud, but widely seen as an attempt to silence one of the Kremlin’s most vocal opponents.
He is being held in penal colony 6 of Melekhovo about 260 km northeast of Moscow, in particularly difficult conditions.
Russia’s justice system is widely seen as controlled by the Kremlin and has been criticized for arbitrary rulings by human rights activists.
Navalny narrowly survived a poisoning attempt with the chemical agent Novichok in August 2020, of which he blames President Vladimir Putin.
In a statement on Twitter on Wednesday, he said authorities justified the move by saying he did not keep his hands behind his back for three seconds while walking around the camp, the agency reported. dpa press.
“The directive obviously came from Moscow. Even by the standards of a Russian prison, sending someone to the punishment cell for just three seconds with no hands behind their back is too much,” he tweeted. .
His plan to create a union inside the prison has also angered the authorities recently.
Navalny said he had already spent three days in the cell, measuring 2.5 by 3 meters, last week, allegedly because he failed to button a piece of clothing.
He tweeted: “Here I am again sitting in my hellish closet with a mug and a book. Kinda boring of course. I think I need to learn to meditate.”
He is currently serving a sentence allegedly for fraud, but widely seen as an attempt to silence one of the Kremlin’s most vocal opponents.
He is being held in penal colony 6 of Melekhovo about 260 km northeast of Moscow, in particularly difficult conditions.
Russia’s justice system is widely seen as controlled by the Kremlin and has been criticized for arbitrary rulings by human rights activists.
Navalny narrowly survived a poisoning attempt with the chemical agent Novichok in August 2020, of which he blames President Vladimir Putin.
