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TexasTowelie

(111,313 posts)
Tue Jun 14, 2022, 09:33 PM Jun 2022

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 Russia’s 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, Navalny’s spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said on Twitter that despite media reports Navalny’s team had not received confirmation of his transfer to Melekhovo.

The move is in line with the judge’s 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 Moscow’s Lefortovo court over allegations that he stole from his Anti-Corruption Foundation.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/14/europe/alexey-navalny-prison-transfer-intl/index.html

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Alexey Navalny transferred to maximum-security prison (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2022 OP
"allegations that he stole from his Anti-Corruption Foundation" Takket Jun 2022 #1

Takket

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1. "allegations that he stole from his Anti-Corruption Foundation"
Tue Jun 14, 2022, 09:36 PM
Jun 2022

Man, that is peak Putin isn't it? Your opponent has an anti-corruption foundation, so of course the way you make him disappear is to say he stole from it.

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