Writing on X, jailed Russian opposition leader said he was ‘still in a good mood’ after an exhausting transfer to the ‘Polar Wolf’ prison
The jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said he was “fine” after a “pretty exhausting” 20-day transfer to a penal colony beyond the Arctic Circle.
The Kremlin critic’s whereabouts had been unknown for more than two weeks, but he is in a penal colony in Russia’s far north and has been visited by his lawyer, his supporters have said.
“Don’t worry about me. I’m fine. I’m totally relieved that I’ve finally made it,” Navalny wrote on X on Tuesday after arriving at the colony known as Polar Wolf.
“I’m still in a good mood, as befits a Santa Claus,” he said, referring to his winter clothing of sheepskin coat and fur hat and the beard he grew during his transportation.
The US state department said it remained “deeply concerned for Mr Navalny’s wellbeing and the conditions of his unjust detention”.
Navalny mobilised huge anti-government protests before being jailed in 2021 after surviving an assassination attempt by poisoning.
