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Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny on Thursday said he has been transferred to a solitary punishment cell, a development he said was clearly designed to shut him up.
Russia’s Navalny says he has been put in solitary punishment cell
Nov 17 (Reuters) – Jailed Russian opposition politician
Alexei Navalny on Thursday said he has been transferred to a
solitary punishment cell, a development he said was clearly
designed to shut him up.
Navalny, the most prominent domestic critic of President
Vladimir Putin and a strong opponent of the war in Ukraine, is
already serving prison terms totaling 11-1/2 years for fraud,
contempt of court and parole violations, all of which he rejects
as trumped-up charges.
Navalny said that just days before close family members had
been due to arrive to see him, prison officials told him he was
considered an “egregious offender” and would be transferred to a
cramped cell, where long visits were not allowed.
“So I will not have any more visits … oh well, I’ll take
it philosophically. They’re doing it to shut me up,” he said in
a series of tweets.
