Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s lawyer confirms that his client has been transferred from a Moscow prison to one of Russia’s most famous prison camps to serve his sentence. Navalny, who survived an attempted poisoning, is serving a six-month sentence for defying parole conditions while being admitted for poisoning. The facility, about 60 kilometers from Moscow, is known as a “red zone” prison, defined by the hard manual labor that inmates have to perform. Activist Konstantin Kotov was released from prison after 18 months and was informed He New York News he was constantly subjected to intimidation by the guards and punishment for failing to greet officers. He was also penalized in isolation for lending gloves to another inmate after confiscating the couple sent by his relatives. “Alexey is going to have a very difficult time,” Kotov said. “Administration keeps tabs on every move”. The head of the Russian Penitentiary Service told the state news service Tass that there was “no threat” to Navalny’s “health or life” in prison.
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