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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny confirmed on Tuesday that he had been transferred to a penal colony in Russia’s Arctic region and said he was in good morale.
Alexeï Navalny published a message on the X platform (formerly Twitter) after having disappeared for more than two weeks.
His spokesman said on Monday that he had been located in the IK-3 penal colony in Kharp, in the Yamal-Nenets region, about 1,900 km northeast of Moscow.
The Russian opponent indicated on X that he was able to speak with one of his lawyers.
(Written by Reuters, French version Tangi Salaün; edited by Zhifan Liu)
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