The IK-3 penal colony in Kharp where Alexey Navalny is now being held, known as ''Polar Wolf,'' is ''one of the northernmost and most remote colonies.''
Supporters of Navalny, who was jailed in 2021 after surviving a poisoning assassination attempt, have sounded the alarm since early this month. | World News
a new trial has begun for jailed kremlin critic, alexei navalny, this time on so-called extremism charges. which he and his support say that is absurd, and politically motivated. he appeared in court monday, and a penal court east of moscow. more now from cnn s matthew chance. it paints a very disturbing picture of russia today, alexei navalny, a prominent anti corruption campaigner here. first poisoned, nearly killed, then arrested and sentenced to nine years in jail. he is now facing new, extremist charges. that could see his prison term extended by up to 30 years. sparking new outrage among his supporters. the hearing was at a remote penal colony, where navalny is being held. and neither journalists, nor
Yashin, one of the few Kremlin critics to have stayed in Russia after Putin launched the military action in Ukraine, participated by video link in Wednesday’s Moscow City Court hearing on his ultimately unsuccessful appeal