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Must be election time in Russia.

Navalny 'no longer on list' of prisoners at penal colony, whereabouts unknown

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been transferred to another location from his penal colony but prison authorities refusing to say where,
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Navalny's press secretary Kira Yarmysh posted on X on Dec. 11.

The authorities have refused to give Navalny's lawyers access to the politician for six days, and his location is currently unknown.
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The developments come amid an intensifying crackdown on the opposition by Russian dictator Vladimir Putin in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election.
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The imprisonment of Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition politician, is widely believed to be Putin's vendetta for his criticism of the dictator.
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The IK-6 Melekhovo high-security prison in the Vladimir region, where Navalny had been held, claimed that he is "no longer on their list" of prisoners, but "they refuse to say where he was transferred," Yarmysh said.
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"Today, as on Friday, the lawyers tried to get to IK-6 and IK-7 — two penal colonies in the Vladimir region where Alexei might be," but both prisons "denied that he is being held there," Yarmysh posted again on Dec. 11.
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Navalny did not appear in court via video link as expected on Dec. 7, which the prison representatives claimed was due to electricity problems, Yarmysh said.

On Oct. 13, three of Navalny’s lawyers — Igor Sergunin, Alexey Liptser, and Vadim Kobzev — were arrested on charges of being members of
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Navalny’s team – peaceful opposition activities that the Kremlin calls “extremism."

Alexander Fedulov, another attorney who represented Navalny, said on Oct. 17 that he had fled Russia.
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Putin's election campaign starts with eliminating opposition by imprisoning them and their lawyers.
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