Name: Kremlin critic Navalny sent to penal colony
Uploaded: 2021-03-02T18:41:04.000Z
Duration: 1 min 11 s
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So Russian Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been sent to a penal colony outside Moscow to serve his prison sentence.

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Navalny was arrested last month on his return from Germany, where he had been recovering from a near fatal poisoning in Siberia.

Several European authorities have said that Nirvana was targeted with a novel chop nerve agent developed in Russia.

He is now serving a 2.5 year sentence for allegedly violating parole in a 2014 fraud case.

Nirvana will be quarantined as a precaution before he joins other prisoners in the colony.

The institution is located in the town of Pokrovsky and is known for its severe conditions.

Jailed Russia, a prisoner's rights group, says inmates are abused if they violate a strict daily schedule.

It adds that many prisoners cooperate with the colony administration and help them to control other inmates closely.

Navalny is one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's most prominent critics.

He accuses Putin of ordering his attempted murder and says the charges against him are jumped up.

 Putin has dismissed that, alleging Nirvana is part of a US backed dirty tricks campaign to discredit him. 