Alexei Navalny Located In Far North Penal Colony

There was no information from him for almost three weeks.

Russian oppositionist Alexei Navalny, with whom there was no contact for almost three weeks, was found in a colony in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of the Russian Federation. Former director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation Ivan Zhdanov reported this on X social network.

Navalny was transferred to Colony #3 “Polar Wolf” in the village of Kharp. Today his lawyer met with him.

“Alexei Navalny has been found. He is in the penal colony #3 “Polar Wolf” in Kharp, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug — one of the northernmost and most remote colonies in general. The conditions there are harsh, with a special regime in the permafrost zone. It’s very difficult to get there, and there are no letter delivery systems for FSIN-letter or Zonatelecom,” Zhdanov wrote.

Communication with Navalny, who was in a colony in the Vladimir region, was lost on December 6.

Alexei Navalny was sent to a colony by the Russian authorities in February 2021 after he was declared guilty of fraud in the so-called “Yves Rocher case.” Then the politician was sentenced to 2 years and 8 months in prison. In March 2022, Navalny was also found guilty of fraud, and then of insulting a judge, and was sentenced to 9 years in a reinforced-security colony (for a combination of crimes).

In August 2023, Alexei Navalny was sentenced by the Moscow City Court to 19 years in prison in a special regime colony in the case of creating an “extremist community.” According to the authorities, such a community was the Anti-Corruption Foundation, which he founded.

On December 1, Navalny announced that another criminal case had been opened against him — under the article of vandalism.