Imprisoned Russian anti-war activist Darya Polyudova has been placed in punitive solitary confinement after guards said they found a razor blade in her belongings, which is considered a major violation at the penal colony in the North Caucasus region of Kabardino-Balkaria where she is incarcerated. Polyudova's mother told RFE/RL on August 1 that her daughter said guards had planted the razor blade in her belongings to frame her, adding that the activist is starting a hunger strike to protest the guard's move. Polyudova was sentenced to nine years in prison in December on extremism charges which she and her supporters call politically motivated. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Caucasus.Realities, click here.
Imprisoned Russian Anti-War Activist Placed In Solitary Confinement
Darya Polyudova protests in Moscow to demand the release of Ukrainian political prisoners from Russian prisons in May 2018.