Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny will spend at least the first part of his two-and-a-half-year sentence at one of the country's most notorious prisons, according to reports yesterday. Known as Penal Colony No. 2, observers say the site, located 60 miles east of Moscow, was chosen to "psychologically break" Navalny, who has been one of the most outspoken critics of President Vladimir Putin.
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Navalny was arrested after voluntarily returning from Berlin in January. Prosecutors argue he violated the terms of his probation—referring to Navalny's emergency medical transport after being poisoned en route to Moscow and slipping into a coma. His case has sparked ongoing protests, mostly youth-driven, across the country, with more than 10,000 people being arrested.
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The base is geared to ‘the sophisticated humiliation of human dignity’
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