Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been moved to an undisclosed detention center outside Moscow that may be a prison camp, his lawyer and a member of a rights organization said on Thursday.
Navalny, a prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, was jailed this month over alleged parole violations related to an embezzlement case he said was trumped up for political reasons, something the authorities deny.
He is due to spend a little over 2-1/2 years behind bars, according to his lawyers, one of whom, Vadim Kobzev said on Twitter he had been moved from his Moscow jail.
Kobzev later said Navalny could have been taken to a prison camp.
Kobzev said such a move was against the law, adding that Navalny’s relatives had not been informed of his whereabouts.
Eva Merkacheva, a member of Moscow’s public monitoring committee for human rights, said Navalny was sent to a standard penal colony, the location of which should be disclosed when he arrived there, RIA news agency reported.
Navalny, 44, was arrested in January upon returning from Germany following treatment for poisoning with what many Western countries say was a military-grade nerve agent.
His detention has fueled political tensions between Moscow and Western nations, which are preparing additional sanctions against Russian officials.
The director of the UN office for the high commissioner for human rights in New…
G7 nations called for urgent actions to help civilians trapped in Gaza, facing bombardments, displacement…
As Houstonians head to the polls to elect a new mayor and representatives to city…
The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has emphasized the need for the Palestinian Authority…
Delegates from 28 countries, including the US and China met this Wednesday in the first…
Chinese President Xi Jinping said China is willing to cooperate with the US and to…