Opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s relatives have not heard from him for a week now.
Russian opposition leader To Alexei Navalny on Tuesday, there was still no certainty about his whereabouts and Navalny was not seen at the trial, where he was supposed to be via video link. Navalny’s allies have promised a reward for any tip leading to the man’s discovery. The human rights organization Amnesty International said in a statement on Tuesday that Navalnyi may have been “forced to disappear”.
– Today, Aleksei was once again not allowed to stand trial via video link, Navalny’s representative Kira Jarmysh stated.
According to various sources, Navalnyi would have been transferred to an even tougher discipline penitentiary near Moscow, but there was no certainty about this right away. The opposition leader’s allies have not heard from him for several days. On Monday, the United States said it was deeply concerned about Navalny’s disappearance. responsible for EU external relations Josep Borrell described the data on Tuesday as very worrying.
What is known about his whereabouts at this point is that Navalny is no longer in the prison camp where he has been held since June of last year, nor in another prison camp nearby.
The Kremlin set up the United States
Navalny’s allies have said that the disappearance and possible transfer to harsher conditions are linked to the Russian president Vladimir Putin to the announcement to run for next year’s presidential election and thus, with great certainty, extend his presidential term to a fifth.
Navalnyi received a prison sentence on charges of extremism. The judgments of the opposition figure are widely considered political. Navalny’s sentence was extended to 19 years in the summer and the court ordered the man to be transferred to a “special arrangements” prison.
The Russian administration took a stand on the debate on Tuesday, saying that, for example, the United States’ interference in the situation of a “prisoner convicted before the law” is in no way acceptable.