Last December, Navalny was transferred from a prison in the Vladimir region, less than 200 kilometers from Moscow, to a prison in the Arctic Circle, near the Ural mountain range.
The town of Jarp, which has about 6,000 inhabitants, is located almost 2,000 kilometers from Moscow or about 45 hours by train from the Russian capital.
Jarp is less than 50 kilometers from Salekhard, the administrative capital of this territory that has an area larger than that of France, but is populated by only half a million inhabitants.
According to one of his collaborators in exile, Ivan Zhdanov, the prison bears the name “Polar Wolf” and is considered one of the most distant prisons from civilization in all of Russia.
Navalny, who returned to Russia in 2021 after being poisoned the previous year, according to his allies, by the Federal Security Service, was transferred after announcing a campaign against the re-election of Russian President Vladimir Putin, in power since 2000.
The process of transferring to another prison, known as “etapirovanie”, can take weeks, during which time the prisoner is often held incommunicado.
Both the United States, the European Union (EU) and Amnesty International (AI) expressed their concern about the fate of Navalni, the Kremlin’s number one enemy.
On December 7, Navalny asked from prison to vote against Putin in the March 17, 2024 elections.
Navalny also announced the launch of a website (neputin.org) that asked Russians to support any candidate for the presidency, except Putin.
2024-02-16 13:20:27
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