Alexei Navalny’s jailers are tightening the screws
Russia’s repression of independent voices grows harsher
ALEXEI NAVALNY does not complain easily. The leading Russian opposition politician, who survived a poisoning attempt in 2020 and has been imprisoned since January 2021, treats his jailers with defiance and irony. In June he was transferred from a penal colony to a maximum-security prison notorious for its brutality. He is now locked behind a six-metre-tall fence with murderers. Suffering from a bad back, he spends seven-hour shifts seated at a sewing machine on a stool below knee height. To see a lawyer, he must skip a meal.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Slings and arrows”
Europe July 9th 2022
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- Russia is disappearing vast numbers of Ukrainians
- Weapons shipments turn a Polish city into a boom town
- Polish-German relations have gone sour
- France’s President Emmanuel Macron decides to go it alone
- Alexei Navalny’s jailers are tightening the screws
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