Navalny appeared by video link from the “Polar Wolf” colony, where he was transferred last month from a prison in Melechov, east of Moscow, after a three-week arduous journey by road and rail.
He caused the judge to laugh when he was asked during the call whether Melekhov’s colony held a party on the occasion of his departure and whether it included karaoke, according to the Reuters news agency.
He later asked if the prison department had organized a nude party in Melechov, referring to a gathering of scantily clad celebrities in Moscow last month that caused a national scandal.
These conversations showed that A. Navalnas is able to joke even in a gloomy situation and maintain relations with the outside world, even though he was sent to one of the most remote and unfriendly regions of Russia.
Frequent court hearings give him the opportunity to continue criticizing President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine, challenging and taunting his accusers. He told Judge Kirill Nikiforov, who has presided over many such hearings, that he had a “tear rolling down his cheek” with the pleasure of seeing him again.
Navalny, 47, is serving a sentence totaling more than 30 years on charges ranging from fraud to extremism that he says were fabricated to silence him. in 2020 he survived an attempt to poison him with a nerve agent.
The Kremlin says he is a convicted felon and his treatment is a matter for the prison service. The Kremlin portrays him and his supporters as extremists linked to the CIA, who they say seek to destabilize Russia.
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2024-07-02 23:36:02