Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny, who is serving a total of 19 years in prison on extremism and other charges, has been placed in a punitive solitary confinement for the 20th time since August 2022. A post on Navalny's Instagram account said on September 21 that he was sent to solitary confinement until September 26 for unspecified reasons one day after he served his previous 13-day punitive incarceration. The post says the solitary confinement term was only four days this time because his appeal against his conviction is scheduled to be considered by a court on September 26. To read the original story from RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.
Navalny Placed In Punitive Confinement One Day After Serving Previous Solitary Incarceration
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, seen on a TV screen as he appears in a video link, attends a hearing at the Russian Supreme Court in Moscow on August 23.