Putin Political Nemesis Navalny Put In Solitary Confinement
Russian dissident is serving a nine-year sentence for alleged fraud.
View Source | August 15, 2022 8:45 pm
- Navalny says he was placed in isolation for trying to form a prisoners’ union, after recently filing a lawsuit asking his penal colony to disclose who purchases the goods manufactured there.
- The popular opposition figure survived a 2020 poisoning attempt, which Kremlin critics widely believe was conducted by Russian security services.
- Navalny recovered in Germany, then returned to Russia where he was inevitably and immediately arrested.
- Officials say Navalny was put in isolation for violating prison dress code.
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