Navalny aide says the jailed Russian dissident has disappeared

[moonscape]

Last edited Thu Sep 15, 2022, 05:57 PM - Edit history (1)

note: Tommy Carcetti pointed out in post #7 this this was from June, and I apologize for not catching that! The reporting Navalny had lost atty-client privileges last week made it seem current.
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Alexei Navalny’s spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said Tuesday that the imprisoned Russian opposition leader’s whereabouts are currently unknown.

“Alexei Navalny was transported away from the penal colony No. 2. His lawyer, who came to see him, was kept at the checkpoint until 14.00, and was then told: ‘There is no such convict here,'” Yarmysh wrote on Twitter. “We do not know where Alexei is now and what colony they are taking him to.

“Neither Alexei’s attorneys nor his relatives were informed about his transfer in advance. There were rumors that he was going to be transferred to the high-security penal colony IK-6 ‘Melekhovo,’ but it is impossible to know when, and if, he will actually arrive there,” she added.

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“As long as we don’t know where Alexei is, he remains one-on-one with the system that has already tried to kill him, so our main task now is to locate him as soon as possible,” Yarmysh said.




https://www.politico.eu/article/spokesperson-say-navalny-transferred-unknown-location/

[Brenda]

1. I hope he escaped rather than died. nt

[intrepidity]

2. Sounds bad.

Seems Putin is purging.

[Evolve Dammit]

24. Yes it does. He's vewy angwy. Sorry, Elmer Fudd took over there....

[COL Mustard]

26. Be vewy vewy quiet....

It's wabbit season.

[Evolve Dammit]

27. wascawy wabbits.. Have you heard Fudd doing Springsteen? I'm widin' in my car...? Priceless

I'll see if I can find it

[COL Mustard]

28. I wuv Fudd. You know he's fwom Phiwwy, Wight?

There's no "L" in the King's English as spoken in Philadelphia. Of course Wharton is also in Philly which explains some things about TFG.

[Evolve Dammit]

29. Phiwwy twivia. Wuv it!

[Lovie777]

3. Damn....

[pandr32]

4. Oh Gawd. Not a good sign.

I sure hope he is safe, but I don't think it is likely.

[Boomerproud]

5. Disappears..oh God.

Even in this surveillance society it's still happening. Horrible.

[Ilsa]

6. Someone needs to put putin in a gulag with a video feed of

the liquidation of all of his assets. The proceeds should go to Ukraine.

[Tommy Carcetti]

7. This story is from June.

He was ultimately moved to the Melekhovo prison.

His lawyers have had contact with him and he does provide reports to them which are then put out over Twitter. But apparently the authorities have been growing increasingly restrictive with access to him.

Here's the most recent report, for example:

Link to tweet

[mahina]

9. That's great to know. Thanks.

[moonscape]

11. Thanks! I regularly search for Navalny and it came

up as of a couple of days ago and like a dork I failed to look at the article date.

Am so relieved. It fit with the stories last week that he had lost attorney-client privileges, seeming a Putin natural progression.

Will make a note on the OP.

[Tommy Carcetti]

19. No problem.

And unfortunately Navalny is still very much in jeopardy even now.

[orangecrush]

22. Thanks, Tommy

On point, as always.

[intrepidity]

25. Thanks. Whew. nt

[mahina]

8. Again, and word for word? Weird. Good luck Navalny.

Update: I read Tommy Carcetti’s replay above. Good news!

[Irish_Dem]

10. Putin' power is weakening; Navalny is in more danger.

Putin may go after any opposition very strongly now.

[housecat]

12. The "accidental" death list grows every day. Putin is bound to be on it, and i hope soon

[Irish_Dem]

13. Yes. It could be Putin killing any one he sees as a threat.

Yes I hope some brave soul does the right thing and rids the world of the worst evil since WWII.

[housecat]

15. I believe it's inevitable. Maybe tfg too.

[Irish_Dem]

17. Two men whose actions are destroying their own countries.

And of course Putin destroying an innocent, independent country.
Taking it back to the Stone Age.

I hope karma kicks in very soon.

[Ford_Prefect]

14. C'mon Vlad. Let's do a trade: Navalny for Trump.

You get someone we don't want and we get someone you don't want. Whaddya say?

[housecat]

16. Great idea, but Trump is of no use to anyone, even Putin.

[ColinC]

18. I kinda wish he hadnt gone back to Russia

After he was poisoned.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. I think this is an indication Putin is feeling a bit scared of being replaced. . . . . nt

[liberalla]

21. I really hope he's alive somewhere... I want him to outlive putin, however unlikely that is.

[Jarqui]

23. He wouldn't fit through the bars on the windows in the prison

So he's probably off having some other fatal accident Putin has planned.