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His lawyers went to “two penal colonies” where he might have been incarcerated, but learned “that he was not there”.
Published on 11/12/2023 21:32 Updated on 12/12/2023 09:39
Reading time: 1 min Alexei Navalny (in black), during the verdict of his trial for a series of extremism charges, in a maximum security prison located around 250 km east of Moscow (Russia), August 4, 2023. (ALEXANDER NEMENOV / AFP)
Supporters of Russian opponent Alexeï Navalny, who is serving a 19-year prison sentence, announced on Monday, December 11, that they have been trying in vain to contact their client for almost a week and do not know where he is. . His lawyers went on Friday then Monday to “two penal colonies (…) where Alexeï Navalny might be” but learned “that he wasn’t there”, declared its spokesperson, Kira Iarmich. A little earlier, she had declared that it was “six days” that his team had not heard from him. “They make fun of us”she castigated.
Alexeï Navalny notably missed a court hearing at which he was to appear by videoconference, an absence justified by a power outage, according to the prison authorities. Washington reacted by saying “very concerned” by the absence of information concerning the location of the Russian opponent, calling once once more for his immediate release. “He should never have been imprisoned in the first place.”declared John Kirby, spokesperson for the National Security Council of the White House, specifying that the American authorities were seeking to know more.
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