Alexey Navalny transferred to maximum-security prison
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been transferred from the penal colony where he was serving his term to a higher security prison facility.
The jailed politician was relocated to a maximum-security prison in Melekhovo in the Vladimir Region, according to Russias state media outlet TASS citing Sergey Yazhan, chairman of the regional public oversight commission.
Yazhan told TASS on Tuesday that Navalny had arrived at the prison. However, Navalnys spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said on Twitter that despite media reports Navalnys team had not received confirmation of his transfer to Melekhovo.
The move is in line with the judges orders at his sentencing in March, when a Moscow court sentenced Navalny to a further nine years in a maximum-security prison. He was convicted on fraud charges by Moscows Lefortovo court over allegations that he stole from his Anti-Corruption Foundation.
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