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Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who is in prison after a controversial two-and-a-half-year sentence for corruption, has been transferred. The news was confirmed by Alexander Kalashnikov, the head of Russian prisons, who however did not specify the location where Navalny is now located.
Navalny’s lawyer, Vadim Kobzev, told the Russian news agency Interfax that on Thursday he had visited him in the Moscow prison where Navalny had been detained until the day before, and had not found him. Associated Press He points out that in recent days some Russian media had anticipated that Navalny would be transferred to a prison in the west of the country.
Navalny’s conviction sparked a series of protests not seen in Russia for many years. For weeks, Western countries have accused authoritarian President Vladimir Putin of framing Navalny in a mock trial and have demanded that the dissident be released as soon as possible.
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