Alexei Navalny[/B] is now in custody, in another prison, a greater distance from Moscow, a facility that is notorious for mistreatment of prisoners.
On Tuesday, the opposition leader's lawyers said authorities had transferred him to another penitentiary, but they did not know which one, which worried his associates and supporters.
"Good morning from (the high-security prison). Yesterday (Tuesday) I was transferred to IK-6 "Melekhovo", a (correctional) facility located about 250 kilometers east of Moscow," Navalny himself wrote in an Instagram post.
This prison is located near the city of Vladimir. In the past, there have been numerous media investigations into conditions there, following allegations of mistreatment of prisoners. A spokeswoman for Navalny, Kira Yarmish, said in May that the prison "is one of the most horrific in Russia" and that prisoners are "tortured and killed there."
Navalny, 46, has until now been held in the Pokrov prison colony, about 100 kilometers from Moscow, which is considered one of the harshest in Russia.
Source: in.gr
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